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Rock | Material that makes up Earths outer surface
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Geologist | a scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet earth
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Crust | a layer of solid rock called the crust surrounds earths surface like the tough shell of a walnut
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Inner core | a layer of molten iron and nickel in the center of earth
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Geology | The study of the solid Earth
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Outer core | a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of earth
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Mantle | the layer of hot solid material between earths crust and core
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Lithosphere | a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of earths mantle and crust.
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Texture | the size, shape, and pattern of a rock's grains
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Grain | a particle of mineral or other rock that gives a rock its texture
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Igneous rock | a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface of earth
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Sedimentary rock | a type of rock that forms when particles of rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
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Metamorphic rock | a type of rock forms from an existing that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions
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Sediment | small, solid particles of material from rocks or organisms which are moved by water or wind, resulting in erosion and deposition
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Rock cycle | a series of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
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Erosion | the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil
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Deposition | the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it, and is deposited in a new location
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