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acid
Any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red
oxides
Any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical (plural)
rain
Water falling from clouds
atmosphere
Layer of air around the Earth
fossil
The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated
car
Four-wheeled vehicle for driving on roads
fuels
A substance that can be consumed to produce energy (plural)
exhaust
Gases ejected from an engine as waste products
sulfur
An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element
wind
Moving air
dioxide
An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
streams
A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth (plural)
carbon
An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous ___
lakes
A body of water surrounded by land (plural)
nitrogen
A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas

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