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The layer of Earth under the crust

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Mantle

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Melted rock inside Earth

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Magma

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Outer layer of Earth

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Crust

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Melted rock from a volcano

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Lava

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A large piece of Earth’s surface

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Plate

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Plates pushing toward each other creating mountains and volcanoes

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Convergent plates

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Plates pulling apart from each other crating new crust

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Divergent plates

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Plates sliding past each other causing earth quakes

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Transform plates

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The movement of materials away from one place by wind, water, or ice

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Erosion

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The breaking down of rocks into pieces

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Weathering

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Process of breaking down rocks by a chemical such as acid

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Chemical weathering

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Breaking down rocks by natural forces such as wind and water

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Physical weathering

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Breaking down rocks by living forces (plants/humans)

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Biological weathering

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When particles carried by erosion are dropped in another location

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Deposition

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Made up of rocks,minerals,and dead plant/animals remain

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Soil

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A scale of hardness of solids; talc is 0 and diamond is 10; ordering is determined by which substance can scratch another substance

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Moh’s scale

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Things from the environment that are useful to people such as trees, animals, oxygen, the sun, and the wind

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Natural resources

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These cannot be replaced once they are gone

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Non renewable resources

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Formed when dead plants and animals undergo heat and pressure over millions of years

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Fossil fuels

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These can be replaced in a short period of time such as trees, animals, oxygen, and water

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Renewable resources

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These never run out in supply such as waves, wind, and solar energy

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Alternative energy

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Rock made pieces of other rock, minerals or remains of living creatures or plants that are compacted by weight

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Sedimentary rock

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Rock that is formed when a different rock is exposed to high temperatures and pressure

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Metaphoric rock

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Rocks that form when lava cools

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Igneous rock

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A solid material, formed in nature; nature, non living crystals that make up rocks

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Minerals

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The mineral’s ability to resist being scratched

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Hardness

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Color of the powder that a mineral leaves when scratched on a special plate

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Streak

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The way the surface of a mineral reflects light

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Luster

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The changes rocks go through as they change back and forth from igneous to sedimentary to metamorphic rock

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Rock cycle

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