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| lines on a topographic map that indicates areas with the same elevation,or hieght above sea level |
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| the thin,rocky outer layer of Earth that makes up the continents and the ocean floor |
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| constuctive forc in which sediments that have been moved from one place are dropped or realeased in another place |
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| destructive force in which pieces of rock are moved by water,wind,or moving ice |
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| ma that shows the shape of surface features and thier elevations above sea level |
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| destructive force that breaks down rock into smaller pieces |
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| Earth's innermost structure |
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| mountains that form when magma pushes up on Earth's crust but does not break through |
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| violent shaking of Earth's crust as built-p energy realeases |
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| point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake |
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| crack in Earth's surface along which movement takes place |
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| mountains that form along fault lines where blocks of rock fall, are thrust up, or side |
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| point underground where the faulting in an earthquake occurs |
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| mountains that form where two plates collide and force layers of rock into folds |
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| phisical remains or traces of a plant or animal that lived long ago |
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| shell formed from Earth's solid upper mantle and crust |
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| melted rock below Earth's surface;called lava at the suface |
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| thick layer of Earth's structure just below Earth's crust |
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| theory that giant plates of crust are moving slowly across Earth's surface |
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| waves of energy sent through Earth's crust when parts of the crust move suddenly |
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