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24 Cards in this Set
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Basaltic |
Dark, heavy, and dense |
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Granitic |
Light in color and weight |
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Andesitic |
Mix of light and dark color |
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Porphyritic |
Both large and small grains |
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Intrusive |
Cools slowly and has large grains |
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Extrusive |
Cools quickly and has small grains |
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Glassy |
Cools quickly above Earth's surface |
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Porous |
Has holes where air was once trapped |
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Solidification |
Becoming a solid |
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Melting |
Occurs to form an igneous rock |
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Clastic |
Made of broken fragments |
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Chemical |
Solution evaporates and rocks forms |
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Organic |
Made of remains of living things |
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Permeable |
Rocks with connecting pores that water flows through |
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Strata |
Parallel layers of rock |
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Delta |
Large amounts of sediment build up near lake or oceans |
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Foliated |
Parallel bands of flatten minerals |
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Non Foliated |
No bands of minerals |
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Parent Rock |
Rocks forming other rocks |
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Deposition |
Sediment from erosion |
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Compaction |
Sediments squeezing out excess water |
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Cementation |
Solidification of sediments due to minerals |
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Weathering |
The decomposition of rock near or on Earth's surface |
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Erosion |
Transportation of rock material by wind, water, or ice |
