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| A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat and pressure, or chemical reactions. |
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| a rock formed by magma or lava |
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| a rock formed by the accumulation and consolidation of sediment |
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| What are the three main types of rocks?? |
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| Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary |
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| a structurally high area in Earth's crust |
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| a series of processes on the Earth's surface and inside the Earth |
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| large movable segments of the lithosphere |
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| molten rock material that occurs below the Earth's surface |
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| the dynamics of plate movement |
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| a supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the Earth before the Trassic peroid |
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| stress that pushes a mass of rock in oppisite directions |
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| stress the streches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle |
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| stress that sueezes rock until it folds or breakes |
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| a type of mass that allows water to pass through eaisly |
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| person who studies the earth |
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| What was Alfred Wegners hypothsis |
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| that all the continents were once one big supercontinent |
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| four main features that shape the earth |
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| uplifting, erosion, earthquakes, and volcanos |
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