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14 Cards in this Set
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weathering
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wearing away or breaking down a rocky surface.
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erosion
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the carrying away of sediment from one place to another.
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deposition
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leaving behind or dropping off.
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sediments
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small pieces of rock, sand and soil.
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landforms
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features on the surface of the Earth such as mountains, valleys, hills and plains.
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delta
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large, flat area of land located at the mouth of a river.
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glacier
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a large body of year-round ice and snow that moves slowly across the land and deposits sediments where it melts.
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sedimentary rock
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a type of rock that has many layers and includes fossils.
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igneous rock
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a type of rock formed from molten rock (magma) that has cooled.
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metamorphic rock
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a rock that has been changed by heat or pressure into another kind of rock.
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rock cyclye
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an ongoing natural process by which rocks are changed from one type into another over long periods of time.
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crust
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the outermost, rock layer of the Earth.
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magma
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the molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
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lava
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the molten rock above Earth's surface.
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