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A NON LIVING, NATURALLY OCURRING SOLID THAT HAS ITS OWN REGULAR ARANGEMENT OF PARTICLES IN IT
MINERAL
FORMATION IN LIMESTONE CAVES
STALAGMITES AND STALIGTITES
FACTORS THAT AFFECT SOIL
PARENT MATERIAL, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, ORGANISMS, AND TIME
A FORCE THAT WEARS AWAY OR TEARS DOWN FEATURES
DESTRUCTIVE FORCE
ROCKS FORMED WHEN INSIDE EARTH FORM OTHER ROCKS UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE
INTRUSIVE
FORMED WHEN MELTED ROCKS COOL AND HARDEN
IGNEOUS ROCKS
A MIXTURE OF NONLIVING MATERIALS AND DECAYED MATERIALS FROM ORGANISMS
SOIL
THE MOVEMENT OF MATERIALS AWAY FROM A PLACE
EROSION
RESOURCES THAT CAN BE REPLACED
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
A SLOW PROCESS THAT BREAKS ROCKS ONTO SMALLER PIECES CALLED SEDIMENT
WEATHERING
FORMED WHEN LAYERS OF MATEIALS AND ROCK PARTICLES SETTLE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND THEN HARDEN.
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
A SLOW PROCESS THAT BREAKS ROCKS INTO SMALLER PIECES CALLED SEDIMENT
WEATHERING
THE PROCESS OF LAYING DOWN MATERIALS SUCH AS SOIL AND ROCKS
DEPOSITION
RESOURCES THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED
NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES
IGNEOUS ROCKS FORMED OUTSIDE THE VOLCANO
EXTRUSIVE ROCKS
FORMED INSIDE EARTH FROM OTHER ROCKS UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
PARTS OF SOIL
WATER, AIR, MINERALS, AND ORGANIC MATTER
A SECTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE
TECTONIC PLATE
RESOURCES THAT WILL NOT RUN OUT
INEXHAUSTABLE RESOURCES
ONE TYPE OF INTRUSIVE ROCK
GRANITE
ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ROCKS
ENERGY, ORES, GEMS, BUILDING MATERIALS
PARTS OF SOIL
TOPSOIL, SUBSOIL, AND BEDROCK
A FORCE THAT BUILDS NEW FEATURES ON THE EARTH SURFACE
CONSTRUCTIVE FORCE
UNWANTED SUBSTANCES ADDED TO THE WATER, AIR, OR SOIL
POLLUTANTS
ONE TYPE OF IGNEOUS ROCK
OBSIDIAN, PUMICE, BASALT