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    What is a greenhouse gas?

    Contributes to global heating.

    What defines igneous rock?

    Formed when liquid rock cools.

    What is the inner core?

    Solid iron and nickel at Earth's center.

    What is lava?

    Liquid rock above the Earth's surface.

    What is magma?

    Liquid rock below the Earth's surface.

    What is the mantle?

    Layer below the crust that can flow slowly.

    What defines metamorphic rock?

    Formed by heat and pressure on other rocks.

    What is the outer core?

    Liquid iron and nickel between mantle and inner core.

    What is photosynthesis?

    Process plants use to create glucose.

    What does porous mean?

    Contains small gaps for liquids or gases.

    What is recycling?

    Processing used materials to create new objects.

    What is respiration?

    Transfers energy from glucose using oxygen.

    What is the rock cycle?

    Explains how rocks change over millions of years.

    What is sediment?

    Pieces of rock broken from original formations.

    What defines sedimentary rock?

    Made from compacted sediments.

    What is transport in geology?

    Movement of sediments from their original location.

    What is the troposphere?

    The atmosphere's layer closest to Earth.

    What is uplift?

    Rocks pushed upwards by internal Earth forces.