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24 Cards in this Set
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A naturally occuring sold mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.
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Rock
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The series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another is destroyed and formed again by geological processes.
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Rock cycle
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THe process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
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Erosion
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The process in which material is laid down.
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Deposition
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The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock.
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Composition
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The quality of a rock that is based on the size, shape, position of the rocks gems.
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Texture
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Rock fromed from the cooling and solidfication of magma beneath the earths surface.
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Intrusive Igneous Rock
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Rock fromed from the cooling and solidfication of magma at or near the earths surface.
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Extrusive Igneous Rock
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Layers of rock.
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Strata
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The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers.
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Stratification
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The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands.
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Foliated
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The textrue of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands.
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Non foliated
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A naturally occuring sold mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.
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Rock
|
|
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The series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another is destroyed and formed again by geological processes.
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Rock cycle
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THe process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
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Erosion
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The process in which material is laid down.
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Deposition
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The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock.
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Composition
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The quality of a rock that is based on the size, shape, position of the rocks gems.
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Texture
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Rock fromed from the cooling and solidfication of magma beneath the earths surface.
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Intrusive Igneous Rock
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Rock fromed from the cooling and solidfication of magma at or near the earths surface.
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Extrusive Igneous Rock
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Layers of rock.
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Strata
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The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers.
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Stratification
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The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands.
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Foliated
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The textrue of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands.
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Non foliated
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