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| The process of transporting sediments from their place of origin and depositing them elsewhere. |
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| Composite cone, caldera, lava dome, cinder cone and sheild cone. |
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| 11 properties of minerals |
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| Color, luster, streak, hardnesss, cleveage, chemical test, magnetism, luminesens, piezoelectric and flame test. |
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| Phanerozoic, proterozoic and archean. |
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| Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras |
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| Charecteristics of sedimentary |
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Rounded, mineral and rock particles are cemented together Often in layers Might contain fossils |
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| Charecteristics of Igneus rock |
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May have crystals Not in layers May have air holes Could be glass like |
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| Charecteristics of Metamorphic |
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Crystals or minerals align Often in layers Sheet like |
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| Hot plumes rise toward the crust from deep within the asthenosphere. As the plumes cool the magma falls back down. When the plume breaks through the crust there is a hot spot. |
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