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30 Cards in this Set
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All of the bodies of water on earth. Oceans, lakes, rivers.
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Hydrosphere
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The hard, rocky land that makes up the earth's surface.
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Lithosphere
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The gases that surround the earth.
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Atmosphere
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All areas in which life exists naturally.
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Biosphere
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An underwater extension of the coastal plain.
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Continental shelf
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The innermost part of the earth's interior.
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Core
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The molted rock between the core and the crust.
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Mantle
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The solid, outermost layer of the earth.
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Crust
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The theory that the continents were once together, but then drifted apart.
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Continental drift
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All of the processes that create earth's physical features.
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Plate tectonics
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Molten rock under the earth's crust.
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Magma
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When heavier oceanic plates sink under continental plates.
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Subduction
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When pieces of earth's crust move closer together due to subduction.
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Accretion
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When sea plates pull apart.
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Spreading
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Bends in rocks.
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Folds
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Cracks in earth's crust.
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Faults
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When earth's crust cracks.
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Faulting
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This breaks rocks down.
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Weathering
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When ice, water, and/or wind wears down rocks.
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Erosion
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A pile of rocks and debris left behind by melted glaciers.
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Moraine
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The regular movement of water.
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Water Cycle
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When a liquid becomes a gas.
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Evaporation
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When a gas comes together to form a liquid.
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Condensation
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Another way to say rain.
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Precipitation
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The process in which one removes the salt and other impurities from salt water to make it drinkable.
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Salination
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Freshwater beneath earth's surface.
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Groundwater
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Underground rock layer soaked by slow moving water.
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Aquifer
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Supercontinent that split up millions of years ago.
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Pangea
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Circle of faults on the edge of the pacific, where most of the volcanic and seismic activity on earth occurs.
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Ring of Fire
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