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deposition the process by which the sediment settlesout of the water or wind that is carrying it
earthquake the shaking that results from movement of rockbeneath Earths surface
erosion the destructive process process in which water or wind loosen and carry away fragments of rock
fault a break in earth surface were slabs of rock slip past each other
fossil the trace of an ancient organism that that has been preserved
geology the study of earth
igneous rock the type of rock that forms from cooling of molten rock
lava liquid magma
magma the molten micxture of rock forming gases,substances,and water
metamorphic rock a type of rock formed from other rock
continental drift the hypothesis that the continents move
mineral naturally ocurring ignoranic solid that has a crystal structure
Pangaea the name of a single landmass that broke apart 200million years ago
plate tectonics the thereoy of plates moving continets
Richter scale the scale that rates seimic waves
sedimentary rock a type of rock formed by other rock
volcano aweak spot in the crust where magmahas come to the surface
hydrosphere the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe
glacier an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly
humus the dark organic material in soils,
lithosphere the solid portion of the earth
permeable capable of being permeated.
soil the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
weathering the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose.
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