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What is Building Up

Is when something is growing or increasing

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Wearing Down

Is breaking or shrinking

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What is WEATHERING

When something is broken or dissolved

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What is EROSION

Is a process where natural forces wear away and transport them

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What is DEPOSITION

A process where the material is dropped or left behind

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What are tectonic plates

Massive slabs of solid rock that make the earths crust

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How do tectonic plates float on

They float on top if mantle

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What is Convergent

When the plates collide

<p>When the plates collide </p>
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What is Divergent

When the plates separate to reveal lava

<p>When the plates separate to reveal lava </p>
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What is Transform

When the plates grind together

<p>When the plates grind together </p>
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<p>What are the 4 proofs of contental drift </p>

What are the 4 proofs of contental drift

Plants

Animals

Mountains

Puzzle peices

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<p>How do plants prove contental drift </p>

How do plants prove contental drift

You find tropical plants in the Artic they must have been connected

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<p>How do Animals relate to Contental drift </p>

How do Animals relate to Contental drift

Some contants that aren’t connected have the same fossils of animals

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<p>How do Mountains prove contental drift </p>

How do Mountains prove contental drift

The Mountains all line up and are connected

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<p>How do puzzle pieces prove contental drift </p>

How do puzzle pieces prove contental drift

All of the contents can fit together perfectly

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What are 3 landform Regions

Canadian Sheild

Interior

Cordillera

<p>Canadian Sheild </p><p>Interior </p><p>Cordillera</p>
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<p>Facts about the Candian Sheild </p>

Facts about the Candian Sheild

  • it is the biggest region

  • Lots of water from glaciers


<ul><li><p>it is the biggest region </p></li><li><p>Lots of water from glaciers </p></li></ul><p></p>
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<p>Facts about Interior </p>

Facts about Interior

  • Very flat

  • Has lots of grass land


<ul><li><p>Very flat </p></li><li><p>Has lots of grass land </p></li></ul><p></p>
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<p>Facts about Cordillera </p>

Facts about Cordillera

  • Snow capped peaks

  • Lots of Mountains


<ul><li><p>Snow capped peaks </p></li><li><p>Lots of Mountains </p></li></ul><p></p>
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What are 3 rock types

Ingenious

Sediment

Metalic

<p>Ingenious</p><p>Sediment </p><p>Metalic</p>
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Whats Ingenous

  • Lots of crystals

  • Made of magma or lava


<ul><li><p>Lots of crystals</p></li><li><p>Made of magma or lava</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Whats Sediment

  • has lots of layers

  • Made of compressed rocks


<ul><li><p>has lots of layers</p></li><li><p>Made of compressed rocks</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Whats Metalic

  • creating a whole new rock

  • Made of extreme heat


<ul><li><p>creating a whole new rock</p></li><li><p>Made of extreme heat</p></li></ul><p></p>
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What is an Esker

long, winding ridge of sorted sand and gravel it was made by a river inside a glacier.

<p>long, winding ridge of sorted sand and gravel it was made by a river inside a glacier.</p>
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What is a Glacial Till

The rocks and dust particles that grind against the glaciers as they advance forward and gets covered in rocks

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<p>Teminal moraine</p>

Teminal moraine

The one glacier thar plows through and advances forward to its max

<p>The one glacier thar plows through and advances forward to its max</p>
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<p>Lateral moraine</p>

Lateral moraine

Lateral means ( against side or edge)The stuff that spills out from the glacier as it moves forward

<p>Lateral means ( against side or edge)The stuff that spills out from the glacier as it moves forward</p>
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<p>Medial moraine</p>

Medial moraine

(2 lateral meraine is one medial moraine) Two glaciers hit eachother as they advanced forward

<p>(2 lateral meraine is one medial moraine) Two glaciers hit eachother as they advanced forward</p>