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Science
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21
Science
6th Grade
09/12/2014

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Crust 

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Definition
The outer layer of the earth made of rock and dirt
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Mantle

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Definition
The rocky and thick part of the earth
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Inner Core [image]
Definition
The hard part of the core made if iron and nickel
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Outer Core 

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The part of the earth made of liquid iron and nickel
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Lithosphere

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The rocky part of the earth
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Asthenosphere

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Definition
The hard part of the crust that can be melted a little it can also cause plate tectonics
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Pangea

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Pangea is the part of world before it seperated
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Alfred Wegner

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The person who discovered the theory of pangea
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Rock Cycle

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The cycle in wich a rock turns into igneous sedimentary and metamorphic
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Igneous

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Igneous rock is the type of 3 main rocks it is made of cooling lava
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Metamorphic[image]
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A metanorphic rock is made of heat and pressure
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Sedimentary

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A rock that is made in layers underwater
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Erosion

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Erosion is when water flows along the rock to the point where it wares away
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Mineral

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A Mineral is a crystal or rock
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Streak

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The streak is the color the rock leaves when you scrape it on something
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Luster

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Luster is the shine the rock leaves behind
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Hardness

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The hardness is how hard the rock is on mohs scale
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Cleavage/Fracture

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The cleavage or fracture is how the rock breaks in peices clean messy or whatever
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Mohs Hardnes Scale

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The Mohs scale is the hardness from 1 to 10
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Quantitative 
Definition
Related to mesure like inches cintemeters grams
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Qualitative
Definition
Mesured by quaility
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