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Image © Corel taken from the Hutchinson Children's Encyclopedia © Research Machines, plc 2005

At temperatures of several thousand degrees, rock spurts out of a volcano as a liquid. But it soon cools in the air and freezes to form solid rock. (Text taken from the Hutchinson Children's Encyclopedia © Research Machines, plc 2005.)

-	Basalts
-	Volcanic Rock
-	Rock Microtextures

Igneous Rock: Straight from the Earth

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Alternate Energy Sources

As the idea of finding alternate sources of energy grows more popular, let's take a look at a resource that exists deep in the Earth: geothermal power. Although hard to find in many places, it is a renewable resource that has been used by people for thousands of years!

-	Geothermal Energy Facts

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