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| What are two forces that shape the Earth's surface? |
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| constructive and destructive |
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| What is the study of the Earth's composition, structure, and history? |
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| What two layers make up the lithosphere? |
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| What are the three main layers of the Earth's interior? |
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| mantle, inner core, and outer core |
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| What are the three classifications of rocks? |
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| igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic |
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| What processes form metamorphic rock? |
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| intense heat and pressure |
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| What is a series of processes that change rocks from one type to another? |
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| How do sedimentary rocks form? |
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| compaction and cementation |
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| continents moving slowly over Earth's surface |
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| Where is new ocean crust forming? |
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| What happens to a subducting oceaning plate? |
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| sinks into mantle, forming a trench |
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| What type of boundary has plates slide past each other? |
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| What causes faults and folds? |
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| What type of sedimentary rock has fragments of pre-existing rocks? |
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| Where are the youngest rocks in the ocean floor? |
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| What type of boundary has subduction? |
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| The idea that geological processes that operate today also operated in the past is called... |
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| What part of the Earth's core is liquid? |
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| What is the difference between how an intrusive and extrusive rock forms? |
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| intrusive cools inside the earth while extrusive cools outside the earth |
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What would letter F represent? |
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What does arrow A represent? |
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What does arrow E represent? |
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| How does an igneous rock form magma? |
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| How does a metamorphic rock form sedimentary rock? |
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| Weathering and erosion to form sediment, then sediments use compaction and cementation to form sedimentary rock |
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