5th Grade Geology Vocab Flashcard

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To save or protect something.

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Conserve

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Dropping or depositing sediments in a new location.

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Deposition

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Feature on Earth's surface.

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Landform

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Cementation is...

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Sediments held together by minerals left when water is pressed out of rock layers.

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Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas formed from ancient plants and marine animals buried under heat and pressure for millions of years.

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Fossil Fuels

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Moving sediment from one place to another.

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Erosion

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Breaking down of rock into smaller particles called sediments.

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Weathering

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Resources that can be replaced as used.

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Renewable Resource

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Rock formed from compacted and cemented sediments.

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Sedimentary Rock

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Resources nature can't quickly replace.

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Non-Renewable Resource