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Oceans, lakes, rivers,and other bodies of water that make up a part of the Earth.
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Hydrosphere
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The Earth's crust.
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Lithosphere
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A layer of gases extending above that planet's surface.
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Atmosphere
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The part of the Earth that supports life.
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Biosphere
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An underwater extension of the coastline.
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Continental Shelf
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The very center of the planet,is super hot but solid.
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Core
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A thick layer of hot, dense rock.
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Mantle
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A rocky shell forming the Earth's surface.
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Crust
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Theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart.
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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 plates slides under the continental plate.
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Accretion
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Process of sea plates pulling apart.
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Spreading
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Bends in layers of rock.
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Fold
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Cracks in the Earth's crust.
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Fault
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Occurs when the folded land can not 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 Earth's surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water.
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Erosion
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Large bodies of ice that moves across the Earth's surface.
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Glacier
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Caused when glaciers melt and recede in some places they leave behind large piles of rocks and debris.
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Moraine
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The name given to the regular movement of water.
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Water Cycle
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The changing of liquid water into vapor or gas.
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Evaporation
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The process in which water vapor turns into water.
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Condensation
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Rain, snow, or sleet.
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Precipitation
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Process which ocean water is turned into fresh water by removing the salt.
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Desalination
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fresh water that lies beneath the Earth's surface.
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Groundwater
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An underground porous rock layer often saturated by very slow flows of water.
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Aquifer
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