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| the remains or traces of living things from the past preserved in rock |
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| a living thing that obtains energy by eating other living things |
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| the colored powder made from rubbing a mineral against a ceramic surface |
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| the variety of organisms that live in Earth's many ecosystems |
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| melted rock material that forms deep within Earth |
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| a process in which minerals, deposited as water evaporates, bind sediments into solid rock |
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| the inner layer of Earth, which consistes of a molten outer part and a solid inner part |
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| a mine, usually near or at Earth's surface, from which rock is removed |
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| the wearing away or removing of rock and soil caused by such forces as wind and flowing water |
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| a break in rock along which rocks have moved |
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| the continuous series of changes that rocks undergo |
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| an upward fold of rock layers |
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| all the organisms living together in a particular ecosystem |
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| a living thing that breaks down the remains of dead organisms |
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| the process of melting ore to remove the metal from it |
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| the process by which water vapor is changed to liquid water |
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| a mineral or rock that contains enough of a metal to making mining the metal profitable |
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| the process by which liquid water changes to water vapor |
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| a solid element or compound found in nature and having a definite chemical composition and crystal structure |
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| the way that the surface of a mineral looks when it reflects light |
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| no longer living as a species |
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| a biome in which plant life is not abundant and rainfall is low |
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| in danger of becoming extinct |
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| a consumer that only eats plants |
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| the process by using oxygen to release energy from food. |
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| Meat eaters and plant eaters are ____. |
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| _____, such as bacteria, get their energy from the dead plants and animals they break down. |
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| The pounding waves caused ___ of the sandy shoreline. |
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| ___ can occur on a glass containg ice cubes. |
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| As the destruction of the amazing rain forest continues the number of ___ species increases. |
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| The ____ of an ecosystem quickly changes after a natural disaster. |
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| Raccoons, deer, and trees are part of a forest ____. |
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| Granite, sandstone, limestone, slate, and marble are some rocks from a ___. |
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| One phase of the water cycle is the ___ of water from lakes, rivers, and oceans. |
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| Traces of some ___ species can be found in fossils. |
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| Sandstone is a sedimentary rock formed by ___. |
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| Temperatures inside the ___ of Earth are nearly as hot as those on the suns surface. |
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| Some igneous rocks, such as granite, form from ___. |
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| Animals and plants release carbon dioxide as a waste product of ___. |
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| Because ___ are dry, desert plants have adaptations to conserve water. |
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| Silver and gold have a shiny, metallic ___. |
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| In the ____, changes are brought about by factors such as weathering, melting, cooling, or pressure. |
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| Forces within Earth's crust produce ___. |
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| ___ can include imprints of animal skeletons pressed into rock. |
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| Workers obtain iron by ___ iron ore in a blast furnace. |
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| Bending layers of rock formed an ___. |
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| Although pyrite is yellow, it produces a black ___. |
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| Panda bears are ___ that have a very little diet because they only eat bamboo. |
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| ___ is an ore mined for its iron content. |
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