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Micah Ranel
Changes of Earth
Term | Definition |
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Landforms | A phisical feature on Earth's surface |
Mass Movement | The downhill movement of rock and soil because of gravity |
Plate | A rigid block of crist and upper mantel rock |
Fault | A break or place where pieces of earth's crust move |
wearthering | the process of breaking rock into soil sand and other tiny pieces |
crust | the thin outer layer of earth |
magma | Molten rock from earth's mantle |
Continental Drift | The theory of how earth's continents move over its surface |
Erosion | The process of moving sediment from one place to another |
Mantle | The layer of rock beneath earth's crust |
Volcanoe | A mountain formed by lava and ash |
pangea | A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago |
Deposition |