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the only mineral that can only be broken by itself
a soft shapable mineral that is 79 on the periodic table
a rare earth rock that is radioactive and its 92 on the periodic table
plants growing in a rock and tears the rock open is a examle of what kind of weathering
when rocks expand in heat and shrink in cool weather is an example of hat kind of weathering
when rock is broken down by substances in the air is and example of what kind of weathering
when chemicals mix with moisture in the air it forms this...
Mountains of molten lava that erupt
an easily shapable metal that is used for wiring, plumbing, and coins
a very strong mineral used for stainless steel
a type of rock that starts as magma but as it cools turns to a...
a type of rock that is formed my erosion is a...
a type of rock that is useuly found under ground and changes its shape
the wearing away at rocks and other deposites on the earths surface bye the action of wind water or ice
having been forced between peexisting rocks or rock layers while in molten or plastic condition
derived from magma poured out or ejected from the earths surface
the thin layer of solid rock covering the earth
a hot partly molten layer beneath the earths crust
a group of changes were differant rocks and substances can change into other rocks or substances
frozen water
burning molten rock that erupts from volcanos
when two blocks of earth slip past each other and cause the ground to violently shake
the differant parts of world that split up each continent
a huge ball of nickle and iron in the very middle of our earth
a relitivly hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter
a naturally occuring, homogeneouse inorganic solid substance is a...
a person who studies rocks
a light coloured igneous rock that mainly contains quartz, feldsper, and mica minerals
a smooth, shiney, dark coulored igneous rock that cools really quickly
the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants
a sedimentary rock composed primarily of Calcium Carboneate that is tinted a little green...
a piece of a homogeneous solid substance having a natural geometrically form with symetrically aranged plane faces
air in natural motion as it moves horozontaly at any velocity along the earths surface
a fine-grained grey, green or bluish metimorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat pieces
the part of the earth that is made up of molten messes of iron and some nickle in the mixture
when a mineral is shiny or metalic it can also be called...
a sharp division or split
the degree of firmness of a solid, as determaind bye its resistance, scratches, and abrasions
gold is a slight yellowish, jade is a shade of green and quartz is mostly white but can be purple, grey, or black these are all examples of...
a hard crystallien metemorphic form of limestone, typicaly while with some streaks of colour

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