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7 vocab activities Term2

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crust   Made up of several elements: oxygen; aluminium; silicon and iron  
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Mantle   Made up of rocks: magnesium and iron  
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Outer core   Made up of nickel and iron  
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Inner Core   Made up of nickel and iron  
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magnesium   a metallic element that burns with a dazzling white light , used in lightweight alloys, batteries. s also used in flash bulbs and pyrotechnics, as it burns with a brilliant white flame  
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calcium   a silver-white metal, occurring combined in limestone, chalk, gypsum, etc., occurring also in vertebrates and other animals, as a component of bone and shell  
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aluminium   light in weight, malleable and not readily corroded or tarnished, occurring combined in nature in igneous rock, shale, clay, and most soil: used in alloys and for lightweight utensils  
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potassium   a chemical element with symbol K. It was first isolated from the ashes of plants.  
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silicon   A non-metallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms.It combines minerals and rocks. Used in steel-alloys and alloys  
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peridotite   a dense, coarse-grained plutonic rock containing a large amount of olivine, believed to be the main constituent of the earth's mantle  
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iron   a strong, hard magnetic silvery-grey metal.  
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dense   closely compacted in substance  
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oceanic crust   the relatively thin part of the earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins  
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geothermal energy   is the heat from the Earth. It's clean and sustainable  
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approximately   Used to show that something is almost, but not completely, accurate or exact; roughly  
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oxygen   a colourless, odourless reactive gas, the life-supporting component of the air.  
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iron   a strong, hard magnetic silvery-grey metal, much used as a material for construction and manufacturing, especially in the form of steel.  
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