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Title: Sedimentary Rock


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Sedimentary Rock
  • Type of rock that forms when particles of other
    rocks or the remains of plants and animals are
    pressed and cemented together

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Metamorphic Rock
  • Rocks that form from changes caused by great heat
    and pressure

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Igneous Rock
Rocks that form as the result of the cooling and
hardening of melted matter.
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Mantle
  • The layer of the earth between the crust and the
    core.

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Crust
The exterior portion of the earth that lies above
the mantle The outermost solid layer of a planet.
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Lithosphere
  • The crust and upper mantle

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Asthenosphere
  • A zone of the earth's mantle that lies beneath
    the lithosphere

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Divergent Boundary
  • A plate boundary where two plates move away from
    each other

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Convergent Boundary
  • A plate boundary where two plates move toward
    each other

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Transform Boundary
  • A plate boundary where two plates slide past each
    other in opposite directions

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Color
  • Physical property of a substance with respect to
    light reflected by the object.
  • Measured by hue, saturation and brightness.

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Hardness
  • The comparative ability of a substance to scratch
    or be scratched by another.

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Luster
  • The quality of shining by reflecting light
  • Glitter
  • Sparkle
  • Sheen
  • gloss

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Mineral
  • A naturally occurring substance with definite
    chemical composition and definite crystal
    structure.

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Streak
  • Test of a mineral to determine what color residue
    is left when rubbed across a white ceramic
    surface.
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