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| The four layers of the earth. |
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The four layers of the earth are:
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core |
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| The lithosphere is made up of the crust and the top part of the mantle. |
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| Broken up pieces of the lithosphere. |
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| The three major kinds of plate boundaries. |
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| Convergent 2 types,sliding,spreading. |
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| Plate movement/shaking of earth's surface caused by the release of energy/pressure along a fault. |
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| volcanes are formed when one plate moves below another plate and partially melts to make magma. |
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| Construtive vs. Destrctive processes in nature. |
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constructive builds something and destrctive destroys something.
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| weathering-what are the two types? What is the difference between these two types. |
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| Chemical is acid rain. Mechanical is ice wedging into rocks or glass. |
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| The layers of soil are.The topsoil,the subsoil and the bedrock |
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| Is the movement of materials away from a scrting way. |
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| Waves wear down the rocks and beaches.Harbors and inletsform as some areas erode more quickly than others. |
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| Farmers are affecter because wind is blowing the topsoil off and it is not good for the plants. Farmers try prevent wind erosion by planting trees and less plowing. |
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