Changes in Earth's Surface Vocabulary

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continental drift Theory of how continents move over Earth's surface mantle Middle layer of Earth fault Place where pieces of the crust move fossils Remains of traces of past life found in the crust erosion Process of moving sediment from one place to another magma Molten rock from the mantle mass movement Downhill shifting of rock and soil because of gravity deposition Process of dropping sediment in a new location plate Rigid block of crust and upper-mantle rock volcano Opening in the crust through which lava flows core Center and hottest layer of Earth crust Outer, very thin layer of Earth Pangea "Supercontinent" on Earth millions of years ago landform Physical feature of Earth's surface earthquake Shaking of ground from energy release in the crust weathering Process in which soil, sand, and sediment are formed