Rocks and Minerals
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| natural resources | a materials on Earth that is necessary or useful to people
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| rock | a non-living material made of one or more minerals
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| humus | bits of decayed plants and animals - add nutrients to soil
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| soil | a mixture of minerals, weathered rocks, and other things
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| sediment | tiny bits of weathered rock, shells, or sand
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| igneous rock | a rock formed when magma or lava cools and hardens
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| metamorphic rock | a rock is formed when other rocks change with heat and pressure
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| sedimentary rock | rocks formed from layers of sediment cementing together
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| Moh's scale | a scale used to tell how hard rocks or minerals are
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| topsoil | the top layer of soil; the most humus
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| subsoil | below the topsoil, has less humus
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| loam | the best kind of soil for growing plants
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| clay soil | the type of soil that holds the most water
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| Properties of Minerals | color, streak, luster, hardness
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| the hardest mineral on Earth | diamond
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| bedrock | the bottom soil layer
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| roots | hold plants in place and take in water
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