Map Project Earth
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| Mineral | is a naturally formed, inorganic solid that had a definite crystalline structure
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| Luster | the way a surface reflects light
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| Streak | the color of a mineral in powdered form
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| Cleavage | the tendency of some minerals to break along in smooth flat surfaces
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| Hardness | a mineral's resistance to being scratched
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| Density | the measure of how much matter is in a given amount of space.
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| Rock | a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter
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| Rock Cycle | the continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material is called the rock cycle
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| Weathering | the process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock
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| Erosion | the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment form one location to another
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| Deposition | the process in which material is laid down
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| Igneous Rock | this rock forms when hot, liquid rock, or magma, cools and solidifies
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| Sedimentary Rock | over time, sand grains may be compacted, or compressed, and then cemented together to form a rock called
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| Metamorphic Rock | these rocks are rocks in which the structure, texture, or composition of the rock have changed
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| Foliated | the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands
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| Nonfoliated | the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands
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| Relative Dating | any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than events or objects
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| Superposition | a principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks in the layers have not been disturbed
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| Absolute Dating |
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| Radiometric Dating |
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| Half-Life |
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| Fossil |
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| Geologic Time Scale |
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| Crust |
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| Mantle |
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| Core |
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| Plate Tectonics |
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| Convergent Boundary |
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| Divergent Boundary |
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| Transform Boundary |
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| Folding |
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| Fault |
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| Fracture | the tendency of some minerals to break unevenly along curved irregular surfaces.
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