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Vocabulary 2-9-09 Earth/Landforms/Early settlers

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Crustearth's top layer
Inner Coreinner most part of the earth, very hot
Outer CoreSurround the inner core, not has hot as inner core
MantleLiquid type of material, found below the crust
Igneous Rockformed when lava cools
Sedimentary Rockformed from layers of dead plants, animals, and other materials pressed together
Metamorphic Rockformed when heat and pressure change 2 types of rocks into 3
erosionmovement of rock and soil by wind and water
Earthquakemovement of rock in the earth's crust
Volcanoopening in earth's crust where melted rock flows
Weatheringwearing away and breaking down of rock
Lavamelted rock flowing from a volcano
Rock Cycleprocess that forms and changes rocks
Lusterdescribes way a mineral reflects light
Magmamelted rock found inside the earth
Geologystudy of earth's landforms and make-up
Chemical weatheringchanges to a rock occur due to a change in the rock's chemical makeup. example: when rock reacts to acid rain
Fault linecrack in the earth's surface that allows the plates a place in which to move.


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