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Match each word part meaning with its correct word part.
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Definitions:

Deformation

The alteration of the shape or size of rocks due to stress or strain, including processes like folding, faulting, and shearing.

Subsidence

The sinking or settling of the Earth's surface, often due to natural geological processes or human activities.

Uplift

A process that causes regions of the Earth's surface to rise due to structural changes in the Earth's crust or mantle.

Continental Crust

The thick, buoyant part of the Earth's crust that forms the continents, contrasted with the denser oceanic crust.

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