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30 Cards in this Set
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Bodies of water that make up the earth.
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Hydrosphere
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Land.
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Lithosphere
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Layer of gases.
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Atmosphere
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Parts of earth that support life.
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Biosphere
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Underwater extention of the coastal plain.
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Continental Shelf
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Center of the earth or planet.
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Core
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Layer of hot,dense rock.
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Mantle
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Outer layer of earth.
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Crust
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Theory that the continents were once joined and slowly drifted away.
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Continental Drift
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All of the physical processes that create many of the earth's physical features.
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Plate Tectonics
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Molten rock.
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Magma
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The heavier sea plate dives beneath the lighter continental plate.
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Subduction
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Pieces of the earth's crust come together slowly as the sea plate slides under the continental plate.
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Accretion
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Sea plates pulling apart.
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Spreading
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Bends in layers of rocks.
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Folds
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Cracks in Earth's crust.
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Faults
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Process when the folded land can not bend anymore.
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Faulting
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Breaks down rocks.Can be physiacal or chemical.
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Weathering
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Wears away the earth's surface.Wind,glaciers,and moving water.
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Erosion
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Large bodies of ice.
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Glaciers
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Large piles of rock and debris that glaciers leave behind.
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Moraine
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In Pacific Ocean.Has most earthquakes and volcanoes in this area.
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Ring of Fire
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Regular movement of water.
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Water Cycle
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Liquid into gas or water vapor.
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Evaporation
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Gas into liquid.
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Condensation
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Water that falls to the Earth in the form of rain,snow,sleet,or hail.
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Precipatation
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Turning ocean water into freshwater by taking out the salt.
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Desalination
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Freashwater beneath Earth's surface.
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Groundwater
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Underground pourous rock layer with very slow flaws of water.
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Aquifier
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Universe
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Solar System
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