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| the layer of gases that surrounds the earth and contains the clouds |
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| the water part of the earth's surface |
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| the rigid outer shell of the earth |
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| the top layer of the earth, above the mantle |
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| the middle layer of the earth, between the crust and the core |
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| the center part of the earth, beneath the mantle |
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| a theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move |
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| a large section of the earth's surface made of the crust and the rigid top part of the mantle |
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| the process that breaks down and changes rocks |
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| the moving of weathered rock and soil |
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| the dropping of materials moved by erosion |
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| the ways that rocks change from one form to another |
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| rock formed from molten rock that comes from deep within the earth |
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| rock formed when sediments are pressed or cemented together |
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| rock formed when igneous or sedimentary rock is changed by heat or pressure |
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| a natural, nonliving solid with a definite chemical structure |
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| putting in the correct order |
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