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NWChanging Landforms

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DEPOSITION the process by which wind or water sets down sediment
rock formed when sediment is compacted SEDIMENTARY ROCK
PLATE a large sheet of rock that makes up part of Earth's crust
a pile of soil and rocks scraped up and deposited by a glacier MORAINE
WEATHERING the process of wearing away or changing Earth's surface by natural forces: wind, rain, temperature
the process of moving and wearing away rocks or soil as loose bits are moved by water, wind, ice, or gravity EROSION
GLACIER a huge body of dense ice and compacted snow that is found year round and is in constant motion.
rock formed by the hardening of hot, molten magma IGNEOUS ROCK
MANTLE the semisolid layer of Earth that lies between the crust and the core
the series of changes that rock undergoes as it shifts between different forms ROCK CYCLE
PANGEA Super continent 300 million years ago pan=all gea=Earth
one of the 7 main landmasses on Earth, such as Africa, Asia, or North America. CONTINENT
PLATE TECTONICS the theory that the plates of Earth's crust move due to the movement of magma in Earth's mantle
the circular motions of heating and cooling. Think magma: this is how the plates move. CONVECTION CURRENT
CONVERGENT boundary Con=with, plates collide
DIVERGENT Boundary Di=2 , plates spread apart
TRANSFORM Boundary Trans=across, plates slide
Crust and top layer of mantle. This is where plate tectonics occur. LITHOSPHERE
___________________occurs when two plates collide and one bends and slides under the other into the mantle forming lots of volcanoes, quakes, and mountains. SUBDUCTION
Alfred Wegener used _______________and ______________ evidence to form his Continental Drift theory. fossil and glacial evidence
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