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Question | Answer |
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earth quake | a sudden shaking of the ground due to plate movement |
dune | a mound of sand formed by the action of wind or water |
depostion | the act or process by witch sand water sets down sediment |
delta | an area of land formed by sediment at the mouth of the river |
crust | the thin outer layer of earth suface |
core | earths center made up of a liquid outer core and a solid inner core |
glacier | a large body of accumulated ice and compacted snow |
igneaus rock | rock formed by the harding of hot malton magma |
magma | melted, liquid rock beneth earths surface |
land mass | a large area of land such as a continent |
land form | a natural formation on earth |
levee | a rasied area prevents land forms from flooding |
erosin | the procces of trans porting and wearing away rocks or soil as lose particals |
convection current | a series of circular motions that occer when heating and cooling happens together |
island | an area of land smaller than a continent that is surronded by water |
fossil | the reamin or traces of a plant or animal that has turnd to stone |
continent | one of yhe main landmasss on earth |
hot spot | magma in the crust |