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Unit 5 geography

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What is weathering?   the process by which rocks break and decay over time  
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What is sediment?   the smaller particles of rock, gravel sand and mud that weathering breaks rocks into  
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What is erosion?   the movement of surface material from one location to another, wind, water, and ice cause this to take place  
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What are glaciers?   thick masses of ice also erode rock and move sediment  
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What is a plateau?   an elevated flatland that rises sharply above nearby land on at least one side  
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What is an alluvial fan?   sediment eroded from a mountain to the base of the mountain  
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What is a delta?   accumulated sediment at the opening of an ocean  
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What is the core?   what is at the center of the earth, temperature and pressure are very high  
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What is a mantle?   Outside of the core is the mantle, which makes up most of the earth’s mass  
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What is crust?   The outer most of the earth’s layer it is about 25 miles thick  
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What is magma?   Liquid rock that is within the earth’s surface  
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What is lava?   Magma that has reached the earth’s surface  
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What is plate tectonics?   Explain how forces within the earth create land forms  
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