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Shaping the Earth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the movement of small rock pieces to a different location | erosion |
| large masses of Earth's crust floating on magma | tectonic plates |
| a form of chemical weathering where oxygen reacts with substances in rock to form new types of rock | oxidation |
| a form of physical weathering that wears a rock's surface | abrasion |
| ___________ boundaries are two tectonic plates that slide past each other | Transform |
| ___________ boundaries are two tectonic plates that move towards each other. | Convergent |
| _________________ boundaries are tectonic plates that pull away from each other. | Divergent |
| a mountain or hill, usually cone-shaped, that has a crater or vent that lava and steam can flow through | volcano |
| a hot spring that periodically sends boiling-hot water and steam shooting high into the air | geyser |
| rock changing into new, usually softer substance | chemical weathering |
| a form of chemical weathering where oxygen reacts with substances in rock to form new types of rock | physical weathering |