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| the scientific study of earth. |
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| gases that envelop the earth. |
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| the water on or near Earth's surface. |
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| all of the living or once-living material on earth. |
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| Geosphere or Solid Earth system |
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| rock and other inorganic Earth material that make up the bulk of the planet. |
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| the division of geology that is concerned with Earth materials, changes in the surface and interior of the Earth, and the dynamic forces that cause those changes |
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| the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. |
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| the uppermost mantle underlying the lithosphere. |
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| the forces generated inside the Earth, causing deformation of rock as well as vertical and horizontal movement of the earth. |
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| the lithosphere as broken into plates that are in motion. |
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| tow plates that are moving apart from each other. |
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| crests of submarine mountain ranges created by divergent boundaries. |
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| rock that forms when magma solidifies. |
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| plates move toward each other. |
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| Ocean-Continent Convergence |
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| the continental crust will rise above the oceanic crust. |
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| a zone where an oceanic plate descends into the mantle beneath an overriding plate. |
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| hot rock, under high pressure, near the subduction zone that does not melt. |
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| the denser plate will subduct beneath the less-dense plate. |
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| occurs where two plates slide horizontally past each other. |
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| vertical movement of sections of Earth's crust to achieve balance. |
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| Earth's surface adjusted to the physical and chemical conditions of their environment. |
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| the product of the breakdown of rock. |
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| cemented or otherwise consolidated rock. |
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