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cumulus
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puffed up (dense puffs,mounds or towers of clouds with flat bases)
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intrusive
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refers to igneous rock formed when magma cools below the surface of the earth
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alto
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higher (high clouds)
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crystalline
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mineral body (like quartz) with regular geometric shapes
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nimbus
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dark rain (dense rain or snow cloud)
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crust
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hard, outer covering of the earth - 19-22 miles think
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stratus
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layer (straight layers of low altitude fog-like clouds)
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earthquake
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movement in the earth's crust
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cirrus
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wispy(delicate fleecy feathery clouds made up of ice crystals)
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ozone layer
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a protective layer of condensed oxygen, (which has a peculiar smell) in the stratosphere
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axis
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an imaginary line passing through the center of the earth from the North pole to the South pole
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core
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the center of the earth, consisting of molten ore
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temperature
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how hot or cold it is
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sedimentary rock
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rock made up of layers of materials settled underwater
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climate
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the overall weather pattern of an area
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weather
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the conditon of the atmosphere at any given time or place
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vacuum
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vacant or empty space
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gravity
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the force that attracts one object to another
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biosphere
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layer of earth that supports life, including land, sea, and air
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terrestrial
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earth-like
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gaseous
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composed of substances that are neither solid nor liquid
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galaxy
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a group or system of stars and other heavenly bodies
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solar system
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the group of planets, their satellites(moons),comets,meteors,asteroids, and so forth that revolve around the sun
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precipation
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amount of rain or snow
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hemisphere
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half of the earth
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year
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the length of time it takes a planet to orbit around the sun
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exosphere
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the outer layer of atmosphere
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orbit
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the path of a heavenly body as it rotates around another body
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creation
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All that which is created
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volcano
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an opening in the earth through which gases, ash, and lava are ejected
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mesophere
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the middle layer of air
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Universe
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All created things
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erosion
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to wear away or break down into small pieces
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rotation
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to turn in a circular motion on an axis
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day
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the length of time it takes a planet to rotate on its axis
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continent
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large mass of land
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metamorphic rock
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rock which has been changed by heat or pressure
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intrusive
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refers to igneous rock formed when magma cools below the surface of the earth
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constellation
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a fixed group of stars
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stratosphere
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the second layer of air above the earth's surface
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humidity
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how much moisture there is in the air
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fossil
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any evidence of life from the past
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consider
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To ponder, contemplate with awe, think about deeply
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sphere
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globe
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ionosphere
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an upper layer of air with electrically charged atoms
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planet
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a heavenly body that revolves around the sun
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magma
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hot, molten(melted)rock
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equator
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an imanginary line dividing the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
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extrusive
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refers to igneous rock formed when magma cools below the surface of the earth
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mantle
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the middle layer of the earth
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igneous rock
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rock formed as a result of intense heat
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troposphere
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the layer of air closest to the earth's surface
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molecules
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the smallest piece of any substance that can be identified as that substance
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atmosphere
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the blanket of air surrounding a heavenly body
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AU
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the distance from the sun to earth (approximately 93,000,000 miles)
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