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Our Planet Earth
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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equinox | period in which hours of daylight and hours of darkness are equal in length everywhere on Earth |
solstice | period during which hours of daylight are longest on one hemisphere and shortest in the other hemisphere |
weathering | process that breaks down rock into tiny pieces |
erosion | process by which water, ice, or wind remove rock and soil |
deposition | process of dropping eroded material in a new place |
plate tectonics | a process involving huge blocks of Earth's crust and upper mantle that are called tectonic plates |
fault | crack in Earth's crust |
magma | molten rock found under Earth's surface |
portion | a share |
sustain | to support |