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Continental drift tagalog kahulugan
Clouds of gas and dust in which stars from are called what

Clouds of gas and dust from which stars form are called interstellar matter.

What stores much of the energy in the Earth's water cycle

oceans

Which type of soil has the largest particles

Potassium

What occurs when an applied force causes rock to break

Mechanical weathering occurs when an applied force causes rock to break.

What are the areas of sediment deposit where a river's mouth reaches flat land at the bottom of a mountain

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What layer of the Earth's crust that is not covered by ocean water is called the crust

continental crust

Which metal is the most readily oxidated of all the elements

iron

When an oxbow becomes completely cut off from the main river it is called an

An oxbow lake

What are layers of soil that can be penetrated by water called

Those soil layers are permeable.

What is the Milky Way Galaxy's nearest large neighboring galaxy

the andromeda galaxy

What is a system of streams that connect to one primary river called

Tributaries are streams that flow into one primary river. A tributary can also flow into another stream or a lake.

What are water droplets in the clouds are pulled back to earth by

gravity

What is the groups that mountain form called

A group of mountains is called a mountain range. The himalayas is the largest mountain range with some of the tallest mountains, such as Mount Everest in Nepal and K2 in Pakistan

The petrified trees of the petrified forest date back to

the petrified trees of the petrified forest date back to?

A scientist who studies water is called a

Hydrologist

What is the cycle of freezing and thawing in the cracks of rocks called

ice wedges

A firm ridge of sand that appears off the main shoreline due to ocean wave weathering is called a

sandbar

Scientists who study the ocean are called what

oceanographer

Vegetation is a source of which type of weathering

Mechanical

When a glacier leaves behind a rock that is of completely different material composition than the formation it is deposited upon it is called

The rock is called a glacial erratic when it is left behind by a glacier, and is of a completely different material composition than the rocks on which it was deposited.

Which is thicker continental crust or oceanic crust

Continental crust A+

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