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Rock Cycle |
The continual process by which new rock is forms from old rock material |
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Igneous Rock |
Magma or lava cools |
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Intrusive Igneous Rock |
Magma cools slowly inside a volcano with large crystals |
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eXTRUSIVE Igneous Rock |
Lava erupts from a volcano and cools quickly with small or no crystals |
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Lava |
Molten rock outside a volcano |
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Recrystallization |
The breaking of bonds and the formation of new ones |
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Texture |
The size of the rock's mineral's crystals |
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Sedimentary Rock |
Rock composed of piece of rock and organic matter compacted together |
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Sediment |
pieces of rock, minerals, and/or organic matter |
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cementation |
process of sediments becoming rock |
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compaction |
Sediments being compacted into rocks |
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lithification |
the process of getting compacted and cemented into rock |
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metamorphic rock |
old igneous or sedimentary rock that under goes extreme heat and pressure
can be foliated or nonfoliated |
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magma |
molten rock inside of a volcano |
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foliated |
flat or wavy parallel banding that develops under high pressure in metamorphic rocks |
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nonfoilated |
metamorphic rocks that are made of one mineral and/or not under as much pressure |
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metamorphism |
the process in which existing rock is changed by heat and pressure |
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weathering |
breakdown of rocks |
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erosion |
movement of rock |
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deposition |
the way sediments naturally settle |
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Questions |
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What is the most common rock at earth's surface? |
sedimentary |
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Rocks are different from minerals because: |
rocks may contain organic matter while minerals cannot |
