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What is the earth's crust called?
What is the soft layer of the mantle the the lithosphere floats on?
What are the the sections of the Earth that move because of convection currents called?
What is the movements of material due to difference in density called?
What are the currents of rising and sinking of different coolness and heat called?
What is the measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume called?
What is the comparison of the density of one material as it relates to another?
What is the region where two tectonic plates are in contact called?
What is a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other called?
What is a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions?
What is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other called?
what is a process where a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate called?
What is a geological event that occurs when continental plates of equal density occur
What is a geological event in which the shaking of the Earth's surface due to movement of rock at plate boundaries called?
What is a geological event in which molten rock spews out from the mantel to the surface of Earth as lava called?
What is the deepest part of the ocean floor called?
What is the cycle in which Earth's rocks change from one type of rock to another called?
A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock?
What is the type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reaction called?
What is a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together called?
A naturally formed, inorganic solid that has specific chemical formula and a repeating structure called?
What is the measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched called?
What is the way the surface of the mineral reflects light called?
What is the color of the mineral in powdered form called?

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