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oceans, lakes, rivers& other bodies of water make uo a part of the earth.
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hydrosphere
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land make up a part of earth, 30% of water.
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lithosphere
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the part of earth that supports the earth.
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biosphere
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an underwater extention of the coastal plain.
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continental shelf
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at the very center of the planet is a super-hot but soild inner.
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core
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next to outter core a thick layer of hot, dense rock.
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mantle
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outter layer, 2 miles-75 miles
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crust
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theory continents were once jioned&slowly drifted apart.
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contiental drift
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term refers to all of the physical process that create many of the earths physical process.
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plate tectonics
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push up mountains,creats volcanoes,&produce earth quakes, this is formed in cracks.
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magma
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the heavier sea plate dives beneth the lighter continental plate.
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subduction
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pieces of the earths crust come together slowly as the sea plate slides under the continental plate.
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accretion
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sea plants also can pull a part in a process know as this
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spreading
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this forms/bends.
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fold
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cracks in earths crust
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fault
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folded land can't be bent
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faulting
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breaks down rocks&is a part of condensation,percipitaon&evaporation
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weathering
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wears away the earths surface by wind, glaciers,&moving water.
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erosion
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another cause of erosion or large bodies of ice
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glaciers
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large piles of rocks&debris
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morquine
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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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when warm air cools, it cant retain all of its water vapor, so the excess water vapor changes in to liquid water.
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condensation
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rain, snow, or sleet, depending on the air temp.&wind conditions
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percipitation
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worlds increasing need for freshwater, such as turning ocean water into freshwater by removing the salt in a process.
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desalination
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freshwater that lies beneath the earths surface.
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groundwater
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underground porous rock layer often saturated by very slow flows of water is called this.
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aquifer
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