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earth science
| Convetion Current | a series of circular motions that occur in substances when heating and cooling happens |
| Core | earths center made up a of a liquid outer a solid inner core |
| Crust | the thin outer layer of earths surface |
| Delta | an area by a made a sediment of the mouth of a river |
| Deposition | the act or process by wich wind or water sets down sediment |
| Dune | amound of sound formed by the action of wind or water |
| Earthquake | a sudden shaking of the ground due o people to place move |
| Leeve | a ridge or raised area of land that prevents a stone over flowing |
| Erosion | the process of transporting and wearing away rocks or soil as loose particles are moved ter wind ice or gravity |
| Fossil | the remains or traces of a plant or animal that turned to stone over time |
| Glacier | a large body of accumalated ice and compacted snow that is found year round and that slowly move downhill |
| Island | an area of land smaller than a contient that is surrounded by water |
| Landform | a natural an earths surface suach as a valley platue mountian plain hill or glacier |
| Ingeous Rock | rock formed by the harding of hot molten magma |
| Landmass | a large area of land, such as a contient. |
| Metamorphic Rock | rock formed by exposing igneous or sedimentary rock to extream heat and presure |
| Hot Spot | a hot spot is an area in earths crust where magma- superhot,melted rock- rises very close to the surface |
| Sedimentary Rock | a rock formed when sediment is compacted. |
| rock cycle | |
| Continet | one of the main landmasses on earth such as Africa , Asia,and North carolina |