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Rocks and Minerals
14 cards·by mfleming
MIneral
solid natural object that has never been alive
Rock
Solid material made of one or more minerals
Crust
Earths solid outer layer
core
center of earth
Mantle
Earth's middle layer
Igneous Rock
Rock that was once melted but has cooled and hardened.
Sendimentory rock
materials that settle into layers and harden
Metamorphic Rock
Rocks that has been changed by heat and pressure
Rock Cycle
a progress of changing rock types
Fossil
Marks or remains of a once -living thing
Top soil
riches layer of soil
clay
soil that has small grains and holds water easily
humus
material made up of decayed living things
loam
rich soil with a lot of humus