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carbonic acid: dissolves limestone forming huge holes in the ground
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continental drift: a theroy of how Earths continents move over its surface
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Continental glacier: ice sheets that cover large areas of earth
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core: the center of the earth
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creep: one type of mass movement
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crust: the thin, outer layer of earth
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delta: a place of new land
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deposition: the process of dropping sediment in a new area
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dune: large sand mounds
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earthquake: a shaking of the ground caused by the sudden releace of energy in earth's crust
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erosion: the process of moving sediment from one place to another (remember "on the rOad again")
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fault: a break or place where peices of earths crust move
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flood plain: rich, agricultural areas
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fossil: the remains or traces of past life found in sedimentary rock
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glacier: thick sheets of ice
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landforms: physicle features on earths surface
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magma: molten rock from earths mantle
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mantle: the layer of rock beneath earths crust
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mass movement: the down hill movement of rock and soil because of gravity
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molten: an outer core of liquid
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ocean ridges: long chains of mountains under the ocean
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Pangea: A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.
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plate: a rigid (stiff) block of crust and upeer mantle rock
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sediment: small peices of dirt or sand
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seismic waves: energy in a earthquake
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seismograph: macine that measures the seismic waves
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Valley glacier: found in high mountain valleys, they flow slowly down the mountain
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volcano: a mountain formed by lava and ash
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weathering: the process of breaking rocks into soil, sand, and other tiny peices (Remember the stale cookie)