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W. G.Chapter 2 Sec 3
World Geography
| Vocabulary Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Folds | When 2 plates meet each other,they can cause folding & cracking of the rock |
| Faults | The fracture in the earth's crust |
| Epicenter | The point directly above the focus on the earth's surface |
| Erosion | Occurs when weathered material is moved by the action of wind,water,ice or gravity |
| Water Erosion | Water picks up loose particles & moves them down stream |
| Wind Erosion | Similar to water except wind picks up the loose particles |
| Glaciers | A large,long-lasting mass of ice that moves because of gravity |
| Glaciation | Is the changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers |
| Moraine | Rocks left behind may form a ridge or hill |
| Ricter Scale | Use info collected by seismographs to determine the relative strength of an earthquake |
| Drainage Basin | An area drained by a major river and its tributaries |
| Aquifers | An underground layer of rock that stores water |
| Continental Shelf | The earth's surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean |
| Ring Of Fire | A zone around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, is the location of the vast active volcanoes |
| Subduction | A geological process in which 1 edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate |
| Pangea | The super continent |
| Magma | Molten rock that forms in the mantle |
| Sediment | Weathering processes create smaller and smaller pieces of rock |
| Humus | Organic material in the soil decomposes |
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