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Earth Science
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Inexhaustible resource
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Resources that cannot be used completely.
This includes Solar Energy, Ocean Tides,
and Wind.
Nonrenewable resource
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A resource that cannot be replaced in
nature. This includes metals and
minerals.
Renewable resource
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Natural resources that can be renewed or
replaced by nature. This includes food
crops and water.
Natural resource
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Resources that are used by humans. This
includes minerals, water, fossil fuels, and
food sources.
Fossils
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The remains of any organism from the
past
Fossil Fuel
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A resource that comes from the body of
dead organisms which lived millions of
years ago.
Sedimentary Rock
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Rocks formed as
sediments are pushed
together or cemented
by the weight of the
water and layers of
sediment above it.
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Igneous Rock
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Rocks formed from
cooled magma.
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Metamorphic Rock
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A result from heat
and pressure applied
to sedimentary or
igneous rock
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Cycle
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A continuous process that repeats over
and over
Deposition
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Process by which wind, water, and gravity
leave eroded sediments in new locations.
Superposition
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When items are stacked on top of one
another, the layers on the bottom are
older than the layer on top.
Sequence
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An event that happens in a specific order
Clues
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Hints of information that help someone
Crust
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The outermost rocky layer of Earth
Plate Tectonics
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Large plates that float on the mantle and
make up the Earth’s crust
Rock Cycle