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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space | Astronomy |
| Is the idea that Earth has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope over certain time periods but are not gradual | Catastrophic geologic change |
| The middle layer of the sun's atmosphere | chromosphere |
| A substance in which two or more elements are chemically joined | compound |
| The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface | continental drift |
| The central part of the sun, where nuclear fusion occurs | core |
| A deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle | deep-ocean trench |
| A change in the volume or shape of EArth's crust | deformation |
| A slab of volcanic rock formed when magma forces itself across rock layers | dike |
| Provides the force that causes magma to erupt to the surface | dissolved gases trapped in the magma |
| A substance composed of a single kind of atom | element |
| The sun provides this for our solar system | Energy |
| Process of wearing away rocks and moving pieces from one place to another | erosion |