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6th Ch 02 Lesson 02
Physical Geography Lesson 2 A Changing Earth
Question | Answer |
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continent | a large, unbroken mass of land |
tectonic plates | one of the 16 pieces of Earth's crust |
fault | a place where two tectonic plates grind against each other |
earthquake | an event in which the ground shakes or trembles, brought about by the collision of tectonic plates |
Ring of Fire | a long, narrow band of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean |
tsunami | a giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the earth under the ocean floor |
weathering | a process by which Earth's surface is worn away by natural forces |
erosion | the process by which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water, wind, or ice |
glacier | a large body of ice that moves slowly across land |