| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Mantle | Lot of pressure and heat makes magma and lave on surface |
| Core | Temperature in core may be hotter than the sun surface dense and compacted 3000 miles below earths surface up to 9000 degrees. |
| Marginal ecotone | End of the region of transitition |
| Mesic Forest | a forest containing a moderate amount of moisture |
| Dike | A crack that formed while the mountain was hardening 300 million years ago |
| Xenolith | A different rock imbedded in an igneous rock |
| Weathering Pit | Depressions in the rock in which weathering causes soil to form. |
| Metamorphic rock | rock altered by pressure and heat |
| Mechanical weathering | the process of physically breaking down rock. |
| Igneous | Lava on surface cools and creates igneous rock |
| Erosion | weathered rock & soil moved from one place to another. |
| Pegmatite | a form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements |
| Magma | molten rock in the earth's crust |
| Exfoliation | Breaking off of curved sheets or slabs parallel to a rock's surface due to weathering |
| Monadnock | a granite peak that rises suddenly above the surrounding area; found in the Piedmont area |
| Sedimentary rock | rock formed from consolidated clay sediments |
| Raising a ledge | Separating a ledge of rock from the mountain using explosives |
| Root pry | A Root Pry is a Plant root that is growing in the cracks of rocks that can make the crack larger. |
| Tourmaline pods | mineral that is commonly black |
| Staurolite | State mineral |
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