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- 2. A solid ball of very hot metals in the earth's interior
- 3. A liquid ball of very hot metals in the earth's interior
- 5. Type of metamorphism in which the mineralogy and texture of rocks are changed over a wide area by deep burial and heating
- 9. Type of plate movement that explains that two plates collide with each other
- 11. THeory of the origin of Solar System explaining that moon shoots out from earth
- 13. Many minerals have similar ________, and changes its ________ when exposed to heat or air
- 14. Third planet in the solar system
- 15. Type of plate movement that explains that two plates move away from each other
- 16. A hypothetical supercontinent that included all current land masses
- 17. A test if mineral for the quality and amount of the light it reflects
- 18. Cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust
- 20. Formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment
- 24. Occurs when two plates move sideways against each other
- 26. A naturally occuring chemical compound, a crystalline form of abiogenic in origin
- 27. THeory of the origin of Solar System explaining that gas clouds were captured by the sun
- 29. Desintegration of rocks into smaller pieces
- 31. Theory of the origin of universe that claims new matters are created constantly
- 32. Center of earth's solar system
- 34. Largest later of the earth's interior
- 35. Theory of the origin of universe that explains that it initiates another Big Bang
- 37. Type of metamorphism where rock minerals and texture are changed by heat, due to contact with magma
- 40. Type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressure
- 41. An igneous volcanic rock formation in which hot magma from inside the Earth flows out
- 42. Phenomenon of eruption of magma on the earth's surface
- 43. A type of igneous rock that forms within the earth's crust
- 45. A type of weathering that is caused by several biological activity
- 48. Tendency of a mineral to break along flat planar surfaces as determined by the structure of its crystals
- 49. Largest planet in the solar system
- 50. A process inlcuding; weathering, mass movements, erosion, and deposition
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- 1. A process that is formed or occurring beneath the surface of the Earth
- 4. Type of sedimentary rock formed from ________ material
- 6. Theory of the origin of universe that explains that an explosion started the expansion of the universe
- 7. Geological process in which sediments are added to a landform or land mass
- 8. Solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth
- 10. Sediments is removed from its place of origin
- 12. A test if mineral for the color of its powder
- 19. A theory by Alfred Wegener
- 21. Deformation of the Earth's crust, and more especially to folding and faulting
- 22. Branch of astronomy dealing with universe as whole
- 23. Any separation in a geologic formation of rocks
- 25. A modern theory that explains seafloor spreading, and movements of lithospheric plates
- 28. Thinnest layer of the earth's interior
- 30. A type of weathering that cause physical disintegration of rock
- 33. A process of formation and deformation of landforms on the surface of the earth
- 36. Type of sedimentary rock that has resulted from compaction and cementation
- 38. A type of rock formed by the solidification of magma
- 39. Study of celestial objects
- 44. Type of sedimentary rock resulted of repeated flooding and evaporation
- 46. Minerologist also identify minerals by their ________
- 47. THeory of the origin of Solar System explaining that planets are wandering and caught by the earth's gravity