Chapter two information in Landforms Flashcards

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What is Subduction?

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The process in which one plate slides underneath another.

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What is Weathering?

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the breaking down of rocks

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What is erosion?

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the moving of broken up pieces of rock

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What is deposition?

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the building up of eroded materials in a new location

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What is glaciation?

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the process of ice advancing and covering large areas of land

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What is plate tectonics?

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the theory that Earths outer shell is made up of individual plates that move
causing earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and formation and destruction of areas of the crust

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