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Mineral
Different rocks or soil that have different molecule makeup to change there appearences to others
Crust
The outer layer of the Earth which includes rocks, moutains and dirt
Mineral ore
Different values of ores that must be mined to be obtained
Run off
When rain touches the ground and goes to rivers, lakes, the sea or undeground
Evaporation
When a liquid is heated till it becomes a gas
Condemsation
When a gas is cooled till it becomes water
Transpiritation
When a plant opens up to let gas in and water is being let our and evaporated
Prcipitation
A cloud storing gas that becomes water ( proper definition of rain)
Ice
The hardest solid version of water
Snow
A soft solid version of water
Perculation
When water seeps underground and stays at or in a boor
Erosion
When water eats away at the earth and moves the land
Fossil fuels
Remeties of dead that become oil
Peat
Tiny commpressed coal
Brown coal
Second strongest compressed coal
Black coal
Most compressed coal
Naturaul gas
Gas made by dead plants
Oil
A disgusting liquid made by decayed dead
Mining
A method of collecting buried resources
Open cut mining
Minereals are close to the surface so a big hole is made
Underground mining
When ores are deep underground they use shafts and tunnels to mine the ores
Concentration
Is a ore surrounded by useless sand, gravel and rock
Gangue
Leftover waste and rock
Reduction
Geting the or in a mineral state by removing un metal constucts
Smelting
Melting a mineral or to seperate all metal constucts
Purification
The removal of imperfections in a ore
Porous
A place that hold gas so liquid can get thourgh
Overburden
Rocks trees and dirt removed before mining
Turbines
A type of propeller that is used to make electricity
Wind energy
Electricity produced by a wind turbine
Biomass energy
The old scraps of food made to oil that is burnt to power a electric tubine
Ocean wave energy
Electricity created by the waves of the ocean
