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Ch 3 Voc - W. Geo
Chapter 3 Vocabulary - World Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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