Geology

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Igneons

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Rocks that come from lava and magma

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Magma

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Magma is liquid rock that has not reached the surface

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Lava

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A hot liquid that comes out of volcanoes

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Extrusive

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Rocks that have exited out of the volcano

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Intrusive

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Rocks or lava that stay in the volcano

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Mineral

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It is a solid

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Lithosphere

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The outer part of the earth considering the crust and the upper mantle

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Asthenosphere

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The upper layer of the earth’s mantle

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Crystal

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A rock from volcanos

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Limestone

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Limestone are sedimentary rock that is formed from deposits of the remains of sea organisms

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Coal

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A sedimentary rock formed from dead plants and animals that were buried before rotting completely

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Sandstone

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A sedimentary rock with medium-sized grains.

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Siltstone

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A sedimentary rock with a particle size between that of sandstone and mudstone

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Mudstone

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A fine-grained, sedimentary rock without layering

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Shale

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A fine-grained sedimentary rock formed in layers by the consolidation of clay

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Glaciers

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Bodies of ice called

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Moraines

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Deposit left by movement of a glacier

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Floodplains

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Flat, open land beside a river where sediments are deposited during floods

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Erosion

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The wearing away and removal of soil and rock by natural elements, such as wind, waves, rivers and ice, and by human activity

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Sedimentary rocks

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Rocks that are formed from the particles of sediments

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Rock salt

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A sedimentary deposit formed when a salt lake or seabed dried up

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Conglomerate

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Sedimentary rock containing large particles of various sizes cemented together

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Metamorphic rocks

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Rocks formed from another rock that has been under heat or pressure

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Metamorphism

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The process that changes rocks by extreme pressure or heat

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Mineral ores

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Rocks mined to obtain a metal or other chemical within them

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Mining

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Extraction of natural resources from the Earth

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Overburden

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Waste rock removed from below the topsoil

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Open-cut mining

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Mining that finds out soil and rocks on the surface of the land

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Underground mining

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Mining that uses shafts and tunnels to remove rock from deep below the surface

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Stone Age

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Was a prehistoric period during which stone was widely used.

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Alloy

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A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements

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Flint

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A piece of flint used with steel to produce an igniting spark

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Percussion flaking

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A method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another stone

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Folding

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The buckling of rocks. It is caused when rocks are under pressure from both sides.

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Paleontologists

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A scientist who studies fossils

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Relative age

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The age of a rock compared to another rock

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Carnivores

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Animal that eats other animals

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Scavengers

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Animals that eat dead plant and animal material

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Mould

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A cavity in a rock that shows the shape of the hard parts of an organism

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Trace fossils

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fossils that provide evidence, such as footprints

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Extinct

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It describes volcanoes that are no longer active