Geo - Physical Earth
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| Small, irregularly shaped, planet-like objects. Found in the Asteroid Belt. | Asteroids.
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| MAde of icy dust particles and frozen gases. Look like bright balls with long, feathery tails. | Comets.
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| Pieces of space debris. When they hit Earth, they're called meteorites. | Meteoroids.
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| Oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water. About 70% of Earth's surface is water. | Hydrosphere.
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| The earth's crust. About 30% of Earth's surface is land. | Lithosphere.
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| Layer of gases extending above the planets surface. The air we breath is part of this. | Atmosphere.
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| The part of Earth that supports life. Life outside this exists only with the assistance of mechanical life-support systems. | Biosphere.
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| A deep, narrow valley with steep sides. | Canyon.
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| Land built up at the mouth of a river. | Delta.
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| Flat or gently rolling land, usually not far above sea level. | Plateau.
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| curved or pointed part of a coastline that sticks out into the water. | Cape.
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| narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land. | Isthmus.
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| A small stream of water that flows through the land feeding into a river. | Tributary.
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| Super-hot, solid. Made up of iron and nickel under enormous pressure. Inner layer of the Earth. | Core.
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| Think layer of hot, dense rock. Middle layer of the Earth. | Mantle.
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| Outer layer of the Earth. A rocky shell, forming the Earth's surface. | Crust.
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| Theory that the continents were once joind and then slowly drifted apart. | Continental Drift.
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| 240 million years ago, the continents moved together to form one big continent called this. | Pangaea.
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| All of the physical processes that create many of the Earth's physical features. | Plate Techtonics.
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| This is when the heavier sea plate dives beneath the lighter continental plate. | Subduction.
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| When sea plates pull apart. | Spreading.
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| When layers of rock bend. | Folding.
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| Cracks in the Earth's crust. | Faults.
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| One of the most Earthquake-prone areas on the planet. | Ring of Fire.
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