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Mineral

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Different rocks or soil that have different molecule makeup to change there appearences to others

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Crust

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The outer layer of the Earth which includes rocks, moutains and dirt

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Mineral ore

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Different values of ores that must be mined to be obtained

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4
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Run off

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When rain touches the ground and goes to rivers, lakes, the sea or undeground

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5
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Evaporation

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When a liquid is heated till it becomes a gas

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Condemsation

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When a gas is cooled till it becomes water

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7
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Transpiritation

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When a plant opens up to let gas in and water is being let our and evaporated

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Prcipitation

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A cloud storing gas that becomes water ( proper definition of rain)

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9
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Ice

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The hardest solid version of water

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10
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Snow

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A soft solid version of water

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Perculation

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When water seeps underground and stays at or in a boor

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12
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Erosion

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When water eats away at the earth and moves the land

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13
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Fossil fuels

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Remeties of dead that become oil

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14
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Peat

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Tiny commpressed coal

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15
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Brown coal

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Second strongest compressed coal

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16
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Black coal

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Most compressed coal

17
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Naturaul gas

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Gas made by dead plants

18
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Oil

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A disgusting liquid made by decayed dead

19
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Mining

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A method of collecting buried resources

20
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Open cut mining

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Minereals are close to the surface so a big hole is made

21
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Underground mining

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When ores are deep underground they use shafts and tunnels to mine the ores

22
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Concentration

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Is a ore surrounded by useless sand, gravel and rock

23
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Gangue

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Leftover waste and rock

24
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Reduction

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Geting the or in a mineral state by removing un metal constucts

25
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Smelting

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Melting a mineral or to seperate all metal constucts

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Purification

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The removal of imperfections in a ore

27
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Porous

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A place that hold gas so liquid can get thourgh

28
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Overburden

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Rocks trees and dirt removed before mining

29
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Turbines

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A type of propeller that is used to make electricity

30
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Wind energy

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Electricity produced by a wind turbine

31
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Biomass energy

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The old scraps of food made to oil that is burnt to power a electric tubine

32
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Ocean wave energy

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Electricity created by the waves of the ocean

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