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a global- shaped body

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sphere?   a global- shaped body  
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theory?   a plausible general principle offered to explain  
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hydrosphere?   the watery area of the earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water  
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lithosphere?   uppermost layer of earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins  
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atmosphere   a thin layer of gas that surrounds the earth  
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biosphere   the part of earth were life exists  
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continental shelf   shelf-part of a continent that expands out underneath the ocean  
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create   a bring into being or cause to exist  
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external   arising outside of  
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core?   innermost layer of earth made up of a super hot but solid inner core and super hot liquid outer core  
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mantle   thick middle layer of earth's interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible  
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continental drift?   drift-theory that the continent were once joined and slowly drifted away.  
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plate?   term scientist use to describe the activates of continental drift and magma flow, which creates many of earths physical features  
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magma?   molten rock that located below earths surface  
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seduction?   process by which oceanic plate dive beneath continental plate's, often causing mountains to form on land  
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accretion?   slow process in which an oceanic plate slides under a continent plate, creating debris that can cause continents to grow  
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spreading?   process by which magma wells up to between oceanic's plates and push them apart  
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fold?   a bend in layers rock, sometimes caused by plates movement  
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fault?   a crack or break in earths crust  
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faulting?   process by cracking that occurs when folding land cant be bent any further  
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weathering?   chemical or physical processes that break down rock into smaller pieces  
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erosion   the movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water.  
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glacier?   a large body of ice that moves across surface of earth  
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moraine   piles of rock debris left by melting glaciers  
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crust   outer layer of earth, a hard rocky shell forming earths surface  
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constant   unchanging  
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enormous   gigantic; exceedingly large  
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water cycle   regular movement of earths water from ocean to air to ground and back to ocean  
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evaporation?   the process of converting liquid into vapor or gas  
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condensation?   the process of excess water vapor changing into liquid water when warm are cool  
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precipitation?   moisture that falls to earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail  
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desalination?   removal of salt from sea water to make it usable to drinking and farming  
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ground water ?   water located underground within earth that supplies well and springs  
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aquifer   underground water- bearing layers of porous rock, sand or gravel  
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