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\n facies\n <\/dt>\n
\n Characteristic sedimentary rock layers that indicate the processes and environments in which they were formed.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fault\n <\/dt>\n
\n A fracture along which one side has moved relative to the other.\n <\/dd>\n
\n felsic\n <\/dt>\n
\n A type of igneous rock that is made mostly of light minerals such as quartz and feldspar.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fissure\n <\/dt>\n
\n A crack in the ground that may be the site of a volcanic eruption.\n <\/dd>\n
\n flood\n <\/dt>\n
\n An overflow of water in a location.\n <\/dd>\n
\n focus\n <\/dt>\n
\n The point where rocks rupture during an earthquake.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fog\n <\/dt>\n
\n Air condensed below its dew point that is near the ground like a cloud.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fold\n <\/dt>\n
\n A bend in a set of rocks caused be compression.\n <\/dd>\n
\n foliation\n <\/dt>\n
\n Flat layers in rocks due to squeezing by pressure.\n <\/dd>\n
\n food chain\n <\/dt>\n
\n An energy pathway that includes all organisms that are linked as they pass along food energy, beginning with a producer and moving on to consumers.\n <\/dd>\n
\n food web\n <\/dt>\n
\n Interwoven food chains that show each organism eating from different trophic levels.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fossil\n <\/dt>\n
\n Any remains or trace of an ancient organism.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fossil fuel\n <\/dt>\n
\n A hydrocarbon created from the remains of formerly living organisms that can be used for energy.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fossilization\n <\/dt>\n
\n The process of becoming a fossil.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fractional crystallization\n <\/dt>\n
\n The crystallization of a fraction of the minerals in magma depending on temperature.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fracture\n <\/dt>\n
\n (minerology) The way a mineral breaks when it is not broken along a cleavage plane.\n <\/dd>\n
\n (structural geology) A break in rock caused by stresses, with or without movement of material.\n <\/dd>\n
\n frequency\n <\/dt>\n
\n The number of wavelengths that pass a given point every second.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fresh water\n <\/dt>\n
\n Water with a low concentration of salts; found in streams, lakes, ground, ice, atmosphere.\n <\/dd>\n
\n front\n <\/dt>\n
\n The meeting place of two air masses with different characteristics.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fuel\n <\/dt>\n
\n Material that releases energy as it changes chemically.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fuel cell\n <\/dt>\n
\n An energy cell in which chemical energy is converted into electrical energy.\n <\/dd>\n <\/dl>\n<\/body>","rendered":"
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\n facies\n <\/dt>\n
\n Characteristic sedimentary rock layers that indicate the processes and environments in which they were formed.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fault\n <\/dt>\n
\n A fracture along which one side has moved relative to the other.\n <\/dd>\n
\n felsic\n <\/dt>\n
\n A type of igneous rock that is made mostly of light minerals such as quartz and feldspar.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fissure\n <\/dt>\n
\n A crack in the ground that may be the site of a volcanic eruption.\n <\/dd>\n
\n flood\n <\/dt>\n
\n An overflow of water in a location.\n <\/dd>\n
\n focus\n <\/dt>\n
\n The point where rocks rupture during an earthquake.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fog\n <\/dt>\n
\n Air condensed below its dew point that is near the ground like a cloud.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fold\n <\/dt>\n
\n A bend in a set of rocks caused be compression.\n <\/dd>\n
\n foliation\n <\/dt>\n
\n Flat layers in rocks due to squeezing by pressure.\n <\/dd>\n
\n food chain\n <\/dt>\n
\n An energy pathway that includes all organisms that are linked as they pass along food energy, beginning with a producer and moving on to consumers.\n <\/dd>\n
\n food web\n <\/dt>\n
\n Interwoven food chains that show each organism eating from different trophic levels.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fossil\n <\/dt>\n
\n Any remains or trace of an ancient organism.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fossil fuel\n <\/dt>\n
\n A hydrocarbon created from the remains of formerly living organisms that can be used for energy.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fossilization\n <\/dt>\n
\n The process of becoming a fossil.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fractional crystallization\n <\/dt>\n
\n The crystallization of a fraction of the minerals in magma depending on temperature.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fracture\n <\/dt>\n
\n (minerology) The way a mineral breaks when it is not broken along a cleavage plane.\n <\/dd>\n
\n (structural geology) A break in rock caused by stresses, with or without movement of material.\n <\/dd>\n
\n frequency\n <\/dt>\n
\n The number of wavelengths that pass a given point every second.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fresh water\n <\/dt>\n
\n Water with a low concentration of salts; found in streams, lakes, ground, ice, atmosphere.\n <\/dd>\n
\n front\n <\/dt>\n
\n The meeting place of two air masses with different characteristics.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fuel\n <\/dt>\n
\n Material that releases energy as it changes chemically.\n <\/dd>\n
\n fuel cell\n <\/dt>\n
\n An energy cell in which chemical energy is converted into electrical energy.\n <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t
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