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| a scientist who studies the forces that make and shape the planet Earth |
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| a material that forms the Earth's hard surface |
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| the study of planet Earth |
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| a force that builds up mountains and land masses on Earth's surface |
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| a force that slowly wears away mountains and other features on Earth |
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| a great landmass surrounded by oceans |
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| a vibration that travek theough the earth carrying the energy released durin an earthquake |
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| the amount of force psushing on a area |
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| the layer of rock that forms the earths sureface |
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| igneous rock that forms the oceanic crust |
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| a light coclr rock that forms the cotinental crust |
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| the layer of solid materail between the crust and core |
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| a ridge layer between the crust and manle |
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| a soft solid layer of the mantle |
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| layer of molten iron and nickle that surronds the inner core |
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| a dense sphere of iron and nickle at the center of the earth |
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| the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object |
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| the transfer of energy through empty space |
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| the transfer of heat by direct contact |
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| the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid |
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| the movement of fluid caused by difference in temperature |
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| the single land mass that broke apart 200 million years ago |
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| the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across the Earth's surface |
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| a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock |
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| a devive that determs the depth of the ocean |
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| the process by which motlen rock is added to the sea floor |
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| a deep valley along the ocean floor |
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| the process by which the oceanic crust gose into the mantle |
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