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12 Cards in this Set
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Glaciers |
Large body of ice |
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Erosion |
Movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, moving water |
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Monsoons |
A seasonal wind that brings warm moist air from oceans in summer and cooler dry air in winter |
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Weathering |
Chemical or physical process that break down rocks into smaller pieces |
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Accretion |
Slow process in which an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate, creating debris |
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Subduction |
Oceanic plates dive beneath continental plates, causing mountains to form on land |
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Fault |
A crack or break in the earths crust |
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Plate tectonics |
Activities of continental drift and magma flow |
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Atmosphere |
Thin layer of gases that surround earth |
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Biosphere |
Part of earth where life exists |
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Hydrosphere |
Water areas of earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers |
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Lithosphere |
Uppermost layer of earth that includes crust, continents , ocean basins |
