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changing earth
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Science
5th Grade
04/13/2011

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lithosphere
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top part of the mantle and the crust
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plate
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a plate may include contnents part of the ocean floor or both
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three major kinds of plate boundaries
Definition
convergent 2 types siding and sprading
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what causes earthquakes
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constructive fores and processes biuldef earth reson earth's surface
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how do volcanoes form
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nercoliding plate bonderys
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constructive vs. destructive processes in nature
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volcano a constructive pross crates a new and form hurricane a destructive dstroesy
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weathering what are the two types what is the difference between these two types
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chemical changing of matenals of rock by chemical process mechanical gravly ice plant roots changes in temperature
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erosion
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is the moveing away
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wave erosion how is the shoreline shaped by erosion
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the action of the waves wears down rock and beachs hard and in lits form as some dreay erod emorecuickly than others
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