About Earth Vocabulary

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streams

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a small flowing body of water, brook

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magma

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hot liquid beneath the earth's surface, lava

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scattered

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to cause to separate, disperse

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survive

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to live, exist

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plates

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Earth's crust

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erosion

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the process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface

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volcano

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an opening in the Earth's crust through which lava, ash, and gases erupt

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atmosphere

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the layer of gases surrounding the Earth

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fossil

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the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in rock

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ecosystem

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a community of living organisms and their environment