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| the main areas the war was fought in |
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| the council cont take action |
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| former colonies taken from defeated nations after World War II |
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| difference in elevation between highest and lowest parts of an area. |
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| feature of topography formed by the processthat shape earth's surface |
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| used to connect points of equal elevation. |
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| change in elevation form countour line to countour line |
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| naturally occuring, inorganic, solid that has a crystal structure, and a definite chemical composition. |
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| ranks ten minerals from softest to hardest |
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| the color of a minerals powder. |
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| how a mineral reflects light from its surface |
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| a mineral the splits easily along flat surfaces |
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| mass in a given space or mass per unit volume |
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| a solide mixture of two or more metals |
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| repeating pattern of a minerals particles |
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| size, shape, and pattern of a rocks grains |
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| particles of minerals or other rocks |
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| forms by colling of molten rock |
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| an existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions. |
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| particles of other rocks or remains on animals are pressed and cemented together. |
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| igneous rock formed from lava that erupted onto earth's surface. |
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| igneous rock that formed when magma hardened beneath earth's surface. |
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| metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parrallel layers or bands |
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| uppermost part of the mantle and crust together form a rigid layer |
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| layer of rock that forms earth's outer skin. |
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| layer of molteb metal that surrounds the inner core. |
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| dense ball of solid metal |
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| movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object |
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| transfer of energy through an empty space |
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| heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter. |
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| heat transfer by movement of a heated fluid |
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| longest chain of mountains in the world |
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| when the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back in the mantle |
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| the lithosphere is broken into plates |
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| breaks in crust where rocks have slipped past each other. |
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| where two plates come together |
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| two plates slip past each other. |
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| a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume |
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| squeezes rock until it folds or breaks |
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| pulls on the crust, stretching rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle |
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| stress that pushes a mass in two opposite directions |
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| point beneath earth's surface where rock that in under stress breaks triggering an earthquake |
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| vibrations that travel through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake |
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| earthquakes violent shaking suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud. |
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| material formed from oxygen and silicon |
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| water heated by magma can create a clean reliable energy source. |
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| mass of rock formed when a large body of magama cools inside the crust |
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| solid layer of rock beneath the soil |
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| crumbly dark brown soil that is a mixture of humus clay and other minerals |
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