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describes the way a mineral reflects light from its surface.
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luster
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metamorphic rock such as slate and gneiss whose mineral grain flattens and line up in parallel layers.
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foliate
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nonrenewable resource such as oil and coal formed over millions of years from the remains of dead plants and other organisms.
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fossil fuels
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large ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents jonied together
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Pangaea
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surface along which rocks move when they pass their elastic limit and break.
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fault
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large circular shaped opening formed when the top of a volcano collapses
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caldera
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negatively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom.
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electron
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anything that has mass and takes up space.
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matter
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characteristics that can be obseved using the 5 senses without changing or trying to change the composition of a substance.
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physical property
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an element that has characteristics of both metals and nonmetals and is a solid at room temperature
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metalloid
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