Earth Science

Front

The study of fossils

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Paleontology

Front

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.

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Deposition

Front

The outermost solid shell of the earth

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Crust

Front

What type of plate boundaries are where one plate slides past the other?

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Transform

Front

Rocks formed from cooled magma.

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Igneous

Front

The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.

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Mantle

Front

The process by which rocks are broken down by natural forces.

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Weathering

Front

The movement of sediment from one location to another.

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Erosion

Front

The solid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.

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Lithosphere

Front

The boundary where two tectonic plates collide.

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Convergent boundary