Composition of the Earth
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| Mohs scale | show 🗑
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| show | a mass or body of rock particles, mineral grains, or a mixture of both
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| show | the upper part of the earth's mantle
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| show | describes a process of sedimentary rock formation whereby minerals in water are left, or precipitated, when the water evaporates away
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| show | the elements that make up a rock or a mineral
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| show | a rock or sediment made up of fragments derived from preexisting rocks or minerals and that have been transported from their place of origin
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| show | the tendency of a mineral to break along one or more distinct planes
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| compounds | show 🗑
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| covalent bonding | show 🗑
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| show | the regular, orderly, and repeated arrangement of atoms in a crystal
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| electron | show 🗑
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| erosion | show 🗑
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| extrusive | show 🗑
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| show | light
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| show | texture in metamorphic rock characterized by layers or sheets of minerals
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| show | the trace or remains of an organism preserved in rock
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| show | the tendency of a mineral to break unevenly
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| humus | show 🗑
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| show | rock formed by the cooling and solidification of hot liquid magma or lava
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| show | derived from nonliving things
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| show | coarse
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| show | a bond that forms between a positively charged ion and a negatively charged ion
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| show | an atom that has unequal numbers of protons and electrons, and is therefore positively or negatively charged
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| show | molten rock or magma that emerges onto the earth's surface
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| show | the process of converting sediments to solid rock, generally by cementing or compacting them
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| lithosphere | show 🗑
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| show | dark colored igneous rock, or molten rock, with low silica and high iron magnesium content
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| show | the molten or partly molten mixture of minerals, gases, and melted rock found below the earth's surface
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| show | rock that has undergone change, caused by intense heat and pressure, from an earlier form, without melting
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| show | any naturally occurring inorganic solid substance with a fixed chemical composition and crystal structure
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| neutron | show 🗑
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| ore | show 🗑
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| show | living or derived from living organisms
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| pegmatitic texture | show 🗑
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| show | describes the texture of igneous rocks that have large crystals embedded in a finer grained matrix
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| proton | show 🗑
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| show | rock formed when sediments are compressed together and lithified (turned to stone; that is, consolidated from loose sediment to solid rock)
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| stratification | show 🗑
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| uniformitarianism | show 🗑
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| show | an opening in the earth´s surface through which volcanic materials extrude; also the conduit through which they pass
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| volcanic neck | show 🗑
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| weathering | show 🗑
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