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  • tectonics

    The study of the movement of the earth's outer crust. Tectonics includes the study of earthquakes and other faulting, mountain uplifting, and plate tectonics.

  • transpiration

    The process of evaporation of water, absorbed through a plant's roots, from plant leaves.

  • Triassic Period

    The interval of geologic time between approximately 252 million and 201 million years ago.