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| A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that forms on or beneath Earth's surface. |
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| A solid made up of particles that line up in a pattern that repeats over and over again |
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| A series of processes on and beneath Earth's surface that slowly change rocks from one kind to another. |
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| Material that slowly cools and hardens at or beneath the surface. (pg. 50) |
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| A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together. (pg. 50) |
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Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things. (pg. 50, 89)
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| Rock that forms when a rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions. (pg. 51) |
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| A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame. (pg. 53) |
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| Rock that contains a metal or useful mineral. (pg. 54) |
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| The process by which ore is melted to separate the useful metal from other elements. (pg. 54) |
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| The chemical and physical processes that break down rock at Earth's surface. (pg. 57) |
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| The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil. (pg. 57, 88) |
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| The geologic principle that the same geologic processes that operate today operated in the past to change Earth's surface. (pg. 57) |
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| The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces. (pg.58) |
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| The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind. (pg. 59) |
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| Process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands. (pg. 59) |
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| The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes. (pg. 60) |
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| A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron forms rust. (pg. 61) |
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| Characteristic of a material full of tiny, connected air spaces that water can seep through. (pg. 62) |
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