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land-forms, alternative energy, & more

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Definition
Coal   Made from swampy plants  
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Produced   brought into existence or created  
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Steps   a stage in a process  
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Sediment   The tiny crumbs of rocks, soils, shells and the remains of organisms.  
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Organisms   a living thing  
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Animals   an organism that is made of many cells, breathes oxygen, eats other organisms, and can move on its own.  
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Plants   an organism that is made of many cells, makes its own food through photosynthesis, and lives on land  
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Pressure   force or weight being put onto an object for a long period of time  
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Peat   partially decayed plant matter  
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Lignate   a type of coal  
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Associated   objects or ideas that are connected, similar, or related to  
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Formation   an act of giving form or shape to  
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Compaction   The pressing together of sediments  
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Cementation   Sticking together like glue  
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Melting   changing from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat  
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Petrified   a fossil that formed when the hard parts of an organism are replaced by minerals  
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Diagram   a line drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes  
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Process   a continuing natural activity or function that lead toward a particular result  
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Thawing   to go from a frozen to a liquid state or melt  
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Chemical change   a change that produces a new substance.  
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Chemical reaction   the changes that happen to substances during a chemical change  
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Tsunamis   A giant wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean  
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Weathering   The wearing a way of sediments by water, wind, waves, ice or gravity  
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Erosion   The carrying away of sediments by water, waves, wind, ice or gravity  
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Deposition   The dropping of sediments to a new location  
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Natural resource   A resource that is found in nature that is useful to humans  
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Igneous rock   rock that formed from cooled magma or lava  
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Tourist   one that takes a tour for fun or culture  
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Landscape   the landforms of a region  
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River delta   A large flat areas of land at the mouth of a river created by deposition of sediment  
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Tide   Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon  
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Branches   a stream that flows into another usually larger stream  
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Vegetation   plant life  
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Fossil fuels   Fuels formed from the remains of prehistoric animals and plants  
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Biofuels   Energy from living organisms or their waste. Hay, manure, corn oil, wood  
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Solar energy   Energy from the sun  
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Geothermal energy   Using heat from magma and water under the ground  
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Generates   produce  
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Wind farm   an area of land with a cluster of wind turbines that generate electrical energy  
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Alternative Energy   An energy resource that is used instead of fossil fuels  
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Criticized   to find faults or problems with  
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Impacted   strongly or directly affected by something  
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Photovoltaic   the generation of electricity with solar energy  
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Array   a large group of one type of thing. Examples an army of solders or a stand of pecan trees  
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Ocean waves   Ridges of water that move across water that transports sediments  
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Sand Dunes   A mound of sand deposited by wind.  
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Debris   the pieces that are left after something has been destroyed  
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Wedged   a simple machine made of a flat, sloping surface that moves.  
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Smashed   broken to pieces  
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Bedrock   the solid rock that lies under the surface of the ground  
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Valley   an area of low land between hills or mountains  
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Glacier   A large slow moving body of ice that deposits minerals and carves out a "U" shape valley  
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Hurricane   a very large and violent tropical storm.  
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Non-renewable   Can NOT be replaced in a short amount of time  
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Renewable   Can be replaced in a short amount of time  
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Nuclear energy   energy given off when the nucleus or center of an atom breaks apart.  
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Uranium   a mineral that is mined from the ground and is used for nuclear energy.  
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Landform   A natural feature found on the Earth's surface  
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Canyon   A deep valley caused by a river flowing through it  
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Landform Process of Change   weather, pressure, water, wind moving sheets of ice  
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Compression   a force that presses or squeezes  
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Stalactites   Finger like formation from mineral slowly depositing from the roof of a cave  
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Stalagmites   Finger like cave formations formed by slow deposition that build up from the ground  
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Cave   A large underground chamber, typically of nature  
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Oil/petroleum and natural gas   Made from dead plants and animals  
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Mesa   A landform that is flat on top  
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Desert Arch   Formed by wind picking up sand and blasting a hole in the rock  
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Conservation   The wise use and protection of natural resources  
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Precipitation   Another word for drizzle/rain/snow  
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Run off   when the rain falls and the ground can no longer soak it all up the water flows over the surface of the ground until it finds a stream  
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Decompose   to cause something (such as dead plants and the bodies of dead animals) to be slowly destroyed and broken down by natural processes  
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