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1 CRUST
2 MANTLE
3 OUTER CORE
4 INNER CORE |
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| It's made up of the crust, and the top part of the mantle. |
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| Plates are broken up pieces of the lithosphere. |
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| THREE MAJOR KINDS OF PLATE BOUNDARIES |
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Convergent plate boundary,
Spreading plate boundary,
Sliding plate boundary. |
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| Energy builds up then the plates release the energy and jerk into a new position creating an earthquake. |
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| Convergent plate boundaries slide above each other creating magma, soon the magma rises to the surface creating a volcanoe. |
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| CONSTRUCTIVE v.s. DESTRUCTIVE PROCESSES IN NATURE |
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| Destructive processes destroy things. Constructive processes build or create new things. |
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WEATHERING- WHAT ARE TWO TYPES? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
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Chemical and Mechanical weathering.
Mechanical moves stuff or splits things up.
Chemical makes things like rocks dissolve. |
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Topsoil 1st layer of soil, has large amount of decayed matter (good for planting).
Subsoil 2nd layer of soil, has rocks and minerals and is made up of less decayed matter.
Bedrock 3rd layer of soil, made up of mostly solid rock. |
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| Physically moves something. |
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| Waves pull away the rocks and sand with the after tide. Harbors and inlets form as some areas erode more quickly than others. |
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| WIND EROSION- HOW ARE FARMERS AFFECTED? |
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| Their fields become dried out. The wind blows and takes away the topsoil which is the best for planting. To prevent wind erosion farmers plant trees around their field, or by growing out their crops by less plowing. |
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