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Geology 8th Vocab

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A naturally formed inorganic solid that has a repeating three-dimensional structure   Mineral  
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A mass of hard consolidated mineral matter   Rock  
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The process by which water, ice, wind and heat act to breack down rocks   Weathering  
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The process by which wind, water, ice and gravity remove and transport material from one place to another   Erosion  
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The act of depositing and laying down of matter by natural process   Deposition  
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The sinking of regions of Earth's crust to lower elevations   Land subsidence  
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Broken down pieces of rock and minerals such as sand   Sediment  
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Rock that forms when sediment is compacted and or cemented together   Sedimentary rock  
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Rock that forms when hot liquid rock, lava or magma, cools and hardens into rock   Igneous rock  
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Rock that forms when existing rock is heathed and squeezed under exteme heat and pressure deep inside the Earth   Metamorphic rock  
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Hot, liquid rock material   Lava/Magma  
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The theory that the Earth's lithosphere (crust) is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere; the motions of tectonic plates   Plate/Tectonics  
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The theory that continents drift apart from one another and have done so in the past   Continental Drift  
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The process by which new ocean floor is forms at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates are pulled away from each other.   Sea Floor Spreading  
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The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates that form mountains or trenches   Convergent Boundaries  
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The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from eachother; rift zone or ridge   Divergent Boundaries  
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The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding pst each other forming faults   Transform Boundaries  
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The region where oceanic crust (lithosphere) sinks down into the asthenosphere at convergent boundaries   Subduction Zones  
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Maps that show the physical features and relief (lines of surface elevations) of a region of land   Topographic Maps  
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Theory that Earth's lithosphere (crust) is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere.   Plate Tectonics  
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