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The Rock Cycle   an idealized process that rocks under go  
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Weathering   wear away or change the appearance or texture  
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Erosion   the gradual destruction of something  
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Sediments   matter that settles to  
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Deposits   where things gather  
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Organic   living matter  
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Fossils   the remains of a animal  
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Fossils in Sedimentary Rocks   fossils that sediments formed around  
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Fossils in Igneous Rocks   fossils stuck in lava, lava cools  
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Law of Superposition   axioms that form one of the bases of science  
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Thoery of Plate Tectonics   large scale motion of the outer crust movement  
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Thoery of Continental Drift   Alfred Wagners theory  
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Alfred Wagner   theory of the continental drift  
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Uniformitarianism   principle of assumption  
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Sea Floor Spreading   spreading and lava pushes up  
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What causes Plate Tectonic Movement   lithosphere  
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Types of heat   conduction,convection,buoyancy  
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Conduction   heat is transferred through a surface  
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Radiation   high energy particles  
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Structure of the Earth   core,mantle,crust  
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Lithosphere   hard ridged shell of the earth  
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Plate Boundary   lithosphere  
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Divergent Boundary   slide under  
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Convection Boundary   rub past each other  
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Transform Boundary   collide with eachother  
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Subduction   sideways and downward movement of earths plates  
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Ring of Fire   volcanic activity around the pacific ocean  
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Hot spot   area that has high temperatures  
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