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| Rock Strata | A single bed of sedimentary rock, generally consisting of one kind of matter representing continuous deposition.,  |
| Fossils | Any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.,  |
| Folding | A portion of strata that is folded or bent, as an anticline or syncline, or that connects two horizontal or parallel portions of strata of different levels,  |
| Uplifting | An upward warping of a part of the earth's crust, forcing certain areas into a relatively higher position than before.,  |
| Sediment | Mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice., .jpg) |
| Biogeochemical Cycle | The cycle in which nitrogen, carbon, and other inorganic elements of the soil, atmosphere, etc. of a region are converted into the organic substances of animals or plants and released back into the environment,  |
| Weathering | The various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose.,  |
| Mechanical Weathering | Set of various processes of weathering that break apart rocks into particles,  |
| Chemical Weathering | The breakdown of rock by chemical mechanisms, the most important ones being carbonation, hydration, hydrolysis, oxidation, and ion exchange in solution.,  |
| Nonrenewable | Any natural resource from the Earth that exists in limited supply and cannot be replaced if it is used up,  |
| Renewable | Any natural resource that can replenish itself naturally over time,  |
| Humus | The dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.,  |
| Layer | A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another,  |
| Erosion | The process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.,  |
| Glaciation | To cover with ice or a glacier.,  |
| Water Cycle | The circulation of the earth's water, in which water evaporates from the sea into the atmosphere, where it condenses and falls as rain or snow, returning to the sea by rivers or returning to the atmosphere by evapotranspiration,  |
| Topgraphy | The detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.,  |
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