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- METAMORPHIC
- Of or relating to ___
- MAGMA
- Molten rock in the earth's crust
- MANTLE
- United States baseball player
- SEDIMENTARY
- Produced by the action of water
- FLINT
- A river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at
- IGNEOUS
- Produced under conditions involving intense heat
- FOLDING
- The process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
- MINERALS
- Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (plural)
- LIMESTONE
- A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
- DEPOSITION
- The natural process of laying down a ___ of something
- SHALE
- A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
- GRANITE
- Plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture
- CRUST
- Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread
- VOLCANO
- Mountain that erupts with lava
- CRYSTAL
- A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
- TECTONICS
- The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
- LAVA
- Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos
- GRAIN
- A relatively small granular particle of a substance
- FOSSIL
- The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated
- PLATES
- Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten (plural)
- MARBLE
- A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish
- BASALT
- The commonest type of solidified lava
- TRANSPORTATION
- A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
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