Ch. 3 Vocab. & Landforms Practice

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Scientist studying Earth, rocks, and compositions

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Geologist

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Continuous land area from Latin 'terra continens'.

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Continent

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Particles of rock, minerals, and other materials

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Sediments

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Molten rock that erupts on Earth's surface

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Lava

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Molten rock beneath Earth's surface

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Magma

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Fractures or cracks in Earth's crust where movement occurs

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Fault

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Type of stress that pulls apart

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Tension

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Stress from parallel objects sliding past each other.

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Shear

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Stress from squeezing

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Compression

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Tectonic boundary where plates move towards each other and experience compression stress.

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Convergent Boundary