Earth's Layers and Processes

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Geosphere's innermost layer

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Core

Front

The ____ _____ is when physical and chemical changes change a rock to another form.

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Rock cycle

Front

A rock containing enough concentration to make it profitable for mining

Back

Ore

Front

Where the lithosphere has broken up into a dozen or so huge rigid pieces

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Tectonic plates

Front

The outermost layer of the Earth

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Crust

Front

The layer of the Earth located between the crust and the core

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Mantle

Front

The process by which rocks are broken down and reformed

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Rock cycle

Front

The rigid layer of the Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle

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Lithosphere

Front

The movement of tectonic plates can cause this natural disaster

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Earthquake

Front

The theory that explains the movement of the Earth's plates

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Plate tectonics