Rocks and Minerals

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one of the pieces of Earth’s rocky crust that rests and moves on the semi-liquid mantle

The molten rock material under the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed by cooling

the study of lithospheric plates, their movements, and Earth features that they affect.

a solid natural material that has a crystal form and its own set of properties

hot liquid rock which comes out of the Earth through a volcano

The geological processes such as tectonic plate movement and volcanic activity

relative ability of a solid, such as a mineral, to resist scratching

a substance that has a regular shape with many sides and is formed when the substance becomes solid