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| An ideal model used to describe the timing and relationship of the events that have occured during the history of the Earth. |
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| The one continent of Pangaea splitted apart and drifted away to form the modern continents. |
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| Breaking down of a rock due to the pressure exerted on the rock. |
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| Rocks are decomposed, loosened, or dissolved by chemical process to form residual materials. |
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| Decomposition of the earth's rocks, soils, and minerals through direct conact with the planet's atmosphere. |
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| Rocks and rock particles being carried away by wind , water, or ice. |
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| Single, giant landmass, or super continent, that later broke apart. |
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| Radioactive form of carbon that is used to date the remains of living things. |
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| Remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago. |
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| Rocks formed from heat and pressure. |
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| Rocks formed from compacting and cementing of sediments. |
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| Rock formed from the cooling and hardening of magma. |
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| Mineral crystals arranged in bands. |
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| Mineral crystals not arranged in bands. |
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| Made up of fragments of rocks. |
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| Made up of dissolved minerals or the remains of living things. |
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| Igneous rock formed below the earth's surface. |
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| Igneous rock formed above the earth's surface. |
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| Point beneath the earth's surface where an earthquake starts. |
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| Place on earth's surface directly above the focus. |
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