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________is a sudden release of energy in Earth's ______________, causing the ground to shake
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Earthquake
crust
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A rigid block of Earth's crust and upper mantle rock is a
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Plate
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A ___________ is a physical feature on Earth's surface, such as a mountain or valley.
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Landform
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The remains or traces of past life found in Earth's crust are called
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Fossils
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Molten rock from Earth's mantle is
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Magma
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A _________ is a break in Earth's crust, alond which pieces of the crust move.
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Fault
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__________ is the process of breaking rock into silt, sand, and other tiny pieces called sediment.
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Weathering
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Lava is magma that reaches Earth's surface through an opening called a ______ in Earht's crust.
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Volcano
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Tge downhill movement of rock and soil because of gravity is ________.
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Mass movement
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The __________ is the layer of rock beneath Earth's crust.
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Mantle
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The theory that the continents move over Earth's surface is ____________.
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Continental drift
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_______ is the supercontinent that held all of Earth's land 225 million years ago.
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Pangea
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________ is the process of moving sediment from one place to another, and is the process of dropping, or depositing, ssediment in a new location.
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Errosion
deposition
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The _____ is the center of the Earth.
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Core
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Wind erodes rock and deposits sediments to form_________.
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Dunes
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