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Top layer of Earth’s surface supporting plant growth?

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Soil

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Process converting unconsolidated materials into solid rock.

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Lithification.

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Rock fragments transported from their origin.

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Sediment

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Type of sedimentary rock formed from chemicals in water.

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Chemical sedimentary rock

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Natural process of physical disintegration or chemical decomposition of rocks at Earth's surface.

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Weathering

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Addition of transported sediments to a landform.

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Deposition

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Fluid or semifluid material erupted onto Earth’s surface

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lava

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Hot molten rock that erupts from below or within Earth's crust, forming lava and igneous rocks.

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magma

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Rocks extruded during volcanic eruptions, formed from rapidly cooling lava.

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Extrusive igneous rock

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Rock formed by altering existing rocks through heat, pressure, and fluids.

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Metamorphic rock