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- greenwashing — refers to marketing products with words like "all-natural," "eco-friendly," and/or "bio-degradable," to appeal to environmentally conscious consumers
- regolith — the layer rock or blanket of unconsolidated, heteregeneous superficial, rocky debris of any thickness that overlies bedrock and forms the surface. also known as mantle rock
- slit — sedimentary material consisting of very fine particles intermediate in size between sand and clay
- wadi — in the desert regions of southwestern asia and northern africa, a stream bed or channel, or a steep-sided ravine, gulley, or valley, which carries water only during the rainy season
- yareta (azorella compacta) — may look like a moss, but it isn't! broad-leafed plant in the carrot family, apiaceae. these plants can grow to bve over 3000 years old
- mafic — mafic mineral or rock is a silicate mineral or igneous rock rich in magnesium and iron. most mafic minerals are dark in color, and common rock-forming mafic minerals include olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite. Common mafic rocks include basalt, diabase and gabbro
- igneous rocks — form by cooling and solidification of magma, which is mobile molten rock material whose temperature is generally in the range of 700–1200°C near the surface of the Earth
- metamorphic rocks — form by reconstitution of pre-existing rocks at elevated temperatures well beneath the surface of the Earth
- both classes of rocks possess textures, structures, and mineral constituents indicative of their high-temperature ancestry; interactions between heat and gravity are involved in their creation and the related interactions between matter and energy is to understand, in a major way, how the planet Earth works
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