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mineral
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ore, an inorganic substance
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magma
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molten rock material within the Earth from which igneous rock results by cooling
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rock
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a concetrated mass of stony material or broken pieces of such masses
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rock cycle
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The rock cycle is the natural process in which rocks transform from one rock type into another rock type over time, a type of natural recycling.
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sediment
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material (as stones and sand) deposited by water, wind, or glaciers
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crust
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the thin rocky outer layer of Earth
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mantle
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the thick middle layer of Earth
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core
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the dense metallic central layer of Earth
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lithosphere
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the crust and the solid uppermost layer of the mantle
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asthenosphere
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the solid but plastic layer found in the upper mantle on which the crustal plates sit
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