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molten material from the mantle being pushed up together upward of the surface of the earth and spreading apart creating new earth
where an lithospheric plate collides and pledges down into the mantle
breaking down of rock into smaller and smaller pieces
breaking down of rock by physical means
breaking down of rock and minerals into new substances
he process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
transported sediments are deposited in layers and generate strata
forms when molten rock cools and hardens
forms when rocks are changed into different kinds of rock by great heat and pressure
forms from the compaction and cementation of rock pieces, mineral grains or small fragments called sediments
a naturally occurring, inorganic solid substance that has a definite crystal (atomic) structure and a fixed chemical formula
a scale of hardness used in classifying minerals. It runs from 1 to 10 using a series of reference minerals, and position on the scale depends on ability to scratch minerals rated lower.
material mined for a profit
a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms
an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
plates slide sideways past each other
an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion
the rocky surface layer of the earth made up of mostly of oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium
hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
the process in which sediment is squeezed and in which the size of the pore space between sediment grains is reduced by the weight and pressure of overlying layers
the process in which sediments are glued together by minerals that are deposited by water

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