World Geography Chapter 2 Test

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all water areas of Earth

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Hydrosphere

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creates many of Earth’s physical features through continental drift and magma flow

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Plate tectonics

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the part of Earth where life exists

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Biosphere

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thin layer of gases that surrounds Earth

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atmosphere

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the process of removing salt from seawater

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Desalination

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a source of freshwater from rain or snow that filtered through soil or rock

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groundwater

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oceanic plates slide under continental plates and scrape off seamounts, leaving debris that causes the continents to grow outward

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This process is known as accretion.

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the rotation of water from ocean to air to ground and back to the ocean

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the water cycle

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an underground layer of rock often saturated with freshwater

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aquifer

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What occurs when oceanic plates and continental plates collide and push against each other, sometimes causing magma to rise and form volcanic mountains on land?

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Subduction