Unit 6 vocab
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| show | A natural, usually inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition and an orderly internal structure.
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| show | A substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means; all atoms of an element have the same atomic number.
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| compound | show 🗑
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| show | Anything that has mass and takes up space
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| crystal | show 🗑
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| show | The way in which a mineral reflects light
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| Weathering | show 🗑
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| erosion | show 🗑
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| deposition | show 🗑
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| igneous rock | show 🗑
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| show | A rock that forms from compresses or cemented later of sediment
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| show | A rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes
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| show | The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geologic processes
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| show | The rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations.
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| subsidence | show 🗑
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| rift zone | show 🗑
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| show | The thin and solid outermost later of Earth above the mantle.
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| show | The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core.
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| convection | show 🗑
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| core | show 🗑
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| show | The solid, outer most layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
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| show | The strong, lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and outer core, 2. The layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and which temperature
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| show | The super continent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago.
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| show | The theory that explains how large pieces of lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape.
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| show | A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
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| convergent boundary | show 🗑
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| show | The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
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| transform boundary | show 🗑
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| show | The bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth's crust; the change in shape of rock in response to stress.
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| folding | show 🗑
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| show | A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another
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| show | Stress that occurs when forces act in parallel but opposite directions.
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| tension | show 🗑
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| compression | show 🗑
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| earthquake | show 🗑
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| focus | show 🗑
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| show | The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.
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| show | The edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, or transform by the movement taking place between the plates.
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| Volcano | show 🗑
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| show | The molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gases produced under the Earth's surface.
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| show | Magma that flows onto Earth's surface; the rock that forms when lava cools and solidifies.
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| show | An opening at the surface of the Earth through which volcanic material passes.
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| show | A volcanically active area of Earth's surface, commonly far from a tectonic plate boundary
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