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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
Lithosphere
Small particles produced by weathering are called
sediment
The sediment that a stream carries is called its ______
load
The type of rock that forms from hardened sediment and tiny organisms
Sedimentary rock
Water falls to the earth as ________
precipitation
What is water vapor in the air called?
humidity
A volcano that is expected to erupt is an _______ volcano
active
The beginning point of an earthquake
focus
A giant ocean wave is called a ________
Tsunami
The idea that the earth's crust is made up of moving plates
theory of plate tectonics
The type of rock that forms by great heat and pressure
Igneous rock
True or False: Lichens and mosses can produce acids that weather rock.
True
Piles of rock and soil deposited by a glacier are called __________
Moraines
What type of erosion forms deserts
Wind erosion
Gravity pulls huge amounts of snow down a mountain
Avalanche
Devil's Postpile National Monument is in what state?
California
