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Igneous

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Rocks that have been created by Magma or Lava.

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Magma

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A substance that has never been on the surface and stays underground.

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Lava

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Magma that has reached the surface via a volcano.

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Intrusive

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Magma that has turned into rock and is underground

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Extrusive

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Lava that has formed into rocks.

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Minerals

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A substance that is used to create rocks or a natural solid substance with a definite chemical compound

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Lithosphere

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The first layer of the Earth that is usually composed of Aluminum, magnesium and many others.

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Asthenosphere

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The second layer of Earth comprised of mostly molten rocks

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Crystal

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A Shaped substance that is made from atom and molecules to form into several shapes.

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Sedimentary Rocks

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Rocks that come together in layers that are under pressure.

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Erosion

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TIring and removing rock and soil via wind, water and other natural elements.

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floodplains

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Open flat land near rivers where the sedimentary rock was dropped off from floods.

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Glaciers

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Large bodies of ice that bends down to push boulders, gravel, etc.

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Moraine

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The leftovers from the movement of Glaciers.

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Sandstone

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A sedimentary rock that has sand and other salts.

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Mudstone

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A sedimentary rock that has no layering.

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Shale

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A sedimentary rock made of hardened clay.

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Siltstone

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A sedimentary rock that has similar particle width of sandstone or mudstone.

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Conglomerate

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A sedimentary rock comprised of large particles.

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Limestone

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A sedimentary rock consisting of dead sea organisms.

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Coal

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A sedimentary rock composed of dead plants and animals often used as a power source.

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Rock salt

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A sedimentary rock made of salt from dried up lakes.

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Mineral ores

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rocks mined to obtain a metal or other chemical within them

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Mining

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extraction of natural resources from the Earth

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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

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study of the possible effects of a planned project on the environment

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Rehabilitated

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restored to its previous condition

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Overburden

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waste rock removed from below the topsoil. This rock is replaced when the area is restored.

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underground mining

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mining that scours out soil and rocks on the surface of the land

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underground mining

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mining that uses shafts and tunnels to remove rock from deep below the surface

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Stone age

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A period where humans used rocks for tools and survival.

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Alloy

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a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

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Flint

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a hard grey rock consisting of nearly pure silica (chert), occurring chiefly as nodules in chalk.

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Percussion flaking

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the shaping of a stone implement by striking or chipping off flakes with another stone or a piece of wood, bone, or antler

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Fossil

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any remains, impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a former geological age; evidence of life in the past

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palaeontologists

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a scientist who studies fossils

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relative age

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the age of a rock compared with the age of another rock

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carnivores

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animals that eats other animals

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scavengers

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animals that eat dead plant and animal material

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mould

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the cavity in a rock that shows the shape of the hard parts of an organism; types of fungi found growing on the surface of foods

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trace fossils

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fossils that provide evidence, such as footprints, that an organism was present when the rock was formed

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extinct

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describes volcanoes that are no longer active. Extinct volcanoes have not erupted for thousands of years and show no sign of the future eruption.

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Folding

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the buckling of rocks. It is caused when rocks are under pressure from both sides.

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