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Catastrophism
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The concept that the Earth was shaped by Catastrophic events of a short term nature.
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Hyprosphere
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The water portion of our planet.
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Think of bottle water.
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Atmosphere
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The gaseous portion of a planet; the plants evelope of air.
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Think of Air.
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Biosphere
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The LIFE of our planet
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Plant & Animal
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Lithosphere
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Contents/ Land Masses including the bottom of the ocean.
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Igneous Rock
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A rocked formed by the crystallization of molten magma. Igneous, metamorphic & sedimentary.
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Crystallization
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Igneous rocks originate when molten magma cools and solidifies. Can occur on Earth's surface or beneath.
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Crystal Form
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The external appearance of a mineral as determined by its internal arrangement of atmos.
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Tetrahedron
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All silicates have the same fundamental building block, the silicon-oxygen. Tetrahendron (a positively charged ion). Not a compound, is an ION.
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Olivine
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Isolated Tetrahedra, low silicon content.
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