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Earth
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Landforms | A physical on Earth's surface |
| Mass Movement | The downhill movement of rock and soil because of gravity. |
| Plate | A rigid of crust and upper mantle rock |
| Fault | A break or place where pieces of Earth's crust move |
| Weathering | The process of breaking into soil, sand, and other tiny pieces |
| Crust | The thin,outer layer of Earth |
| Magma | Molten rock from Earth's mantle |
| Continetal Drift | A thory of how Earth"s continent moves over its surface. |
| Erosion | The process of moving sediments from one place to another |
| Mantle | The layer of rock beneath Earth's crust |
| Volcano | A mountain formed by lava and ash |
| Pangea | A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million yrs ago |
| Deposition | The process of dropping or depositing sediment in a new location |
| Core | The center of Earth |
| Earthquake | A shaking of the ground cause by the sudden realese of energy in earth's crust |
| Fossil; | The remain or trace of past life found i Sedimentary rock. |