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28 Cards in this Set
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pulling apart process
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spreading
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formed by moving plates squeezing the earth's surface until it buckles
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fold
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cracks in the earths crust
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fault
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when folded land cant be bent any further
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faulting
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breaks down rocks
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weathering
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wears away the earths surface by wind, flaciers and moving water
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erosion
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large bodies of ice that move across the earths surface
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glacier
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large piles of rocks anbd debris
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moraine
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oceans rivers and other bodies of water tha tmake up the earth. 70% of water , 30 % earth
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hydrosphere
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the earths crust
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lithosphere
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a layer of gases extending above the planets surface
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atmosphere
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the part of the erath that supports life
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biosphere
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an under water extention of the coastal plain
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continental shift
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the mantle, crust makes up inside of the earth.
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core
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thick layer of hot dense rock
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mantle
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a rocky shell forming the earths surface
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crust
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theory of when continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
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continental drift
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refers to all the physical processes that create many of the earth's physical features
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plate tectonics
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moltch 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 earths crust come together slowly as the sea plates slides under the continental plate
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acceration
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the name given to the regular movement of water
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water cycle
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is the changing of liquid water into vapor or gas
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evaporation
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when warm water cools, it cant retain all of its water vapor so the excess water capor changes into liquid water
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condensation
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rain, snow or sleet
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precipitation
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turning ocean water into fresh water by removing the salt
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desalination
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fresh water that lies beneath the earth surface, comes from rain and melted snow that filter through the soil and form water that seeps into the ground from lakes and rivers
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ground water
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an underground porcus rock layer often saturdated by very slow flows of water
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aquifer
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