Ch 3 Voc - W. Geo Word Scramble
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The process of wearing away of the earth’s surface by wind, water, and glaciers | Erosion |
Molten rock that is pushed up from the earth’s mantle | Magma |
The watery areas of the earth, including oceans, lakes and rivers | hydrosphere |
Activities of continental drift and magma flow which creates many of the Earth’s physical features | Plate Tectonics |
Regular movement of water from ocean to air to ground and back to the ocean | Water Cycle |
Large body of ice that moves across the earth’s surface | Glacier |
Surface land areas of the earth’s crust, continents and ocean basins | Lithosphere |
Chemical or physical processes, more dramatic breaking down of the earth’s surface | Weathering |
Layer of gasses that surround the earth | Atmosphere |
Crack or break in the earth’s crust | Fault |
The part of the earth where life exists | Biosphere |
Theory that the continents were once joined together and then slowly drifted apart | Continental Drift |
Process of the sea plates pulling apart and magma wells up between the plates | Spreading |
Water within the earth that supplies wells and springs. Not underground | Groundwater |
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