Science Vocab (Changing Landforms)

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The main landmasses on Earth, such as Africa, North America, and Asia

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Continents

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Earth's center made up of liquid outer core and solid innner core.

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Core

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The thin outer layer of the Earth.

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Crust

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The process of transporting and wearing away rocks or soil a loose particals are moved by water, wind, ice, or gravity.

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Erosion

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Rock formed my the hardening of hot molten magma.

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Igneous Rock

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Neutral formations of Earth's surface, such as vallys, plateaus, mounains, plains, hills, and glaciers.

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Landforms

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Melted, liquid rock beneth Earth's Surface.

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Magma

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The semisolid layer of Earth that lies between the outer crust and the core.

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Mantle

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Rock formed by exposing igneous rock.

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Metemorphic Rock

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Large sheets of rock that make up Earth's crust.

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Plates

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The theory that large sections of plates of Earth's crust are carried by moving magma in Earth's mantle.

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Plate Techtonic

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The series of changes that rock undergoes as it shifts between different fourms.

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Rock Cycle

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Rock formed when sediment is compacted.

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Sedimentary Rock

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A place in Earth's crust where gases, ash, and lava spew to the surface.

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Volcano

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The process of wearing away or otherwise changing Earth's surface from expare to natural forces.

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Weathering