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17 Cards in this Set
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forms from the cooling of magma or lava
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igneous rock
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forms when small particles of rocks or remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
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sedimentary rock
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forms when a rock is changed by heat and pressure
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metamorphic rock
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a sedimentary rock formed when rock fragments are squeezed together
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clastic rock
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forms where the remains of pants and animals are deposited
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organic rock
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forms when minerals dissolved in a water solution crystallize also form from mineral deposits that are left when seas
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chemical rocks
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how are igneous rocks classified
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origin, texture, and mineral composition
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effects of freezing and thawing plant roots and acid and other forces on rock
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weathering
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the process of which running water wind or ice carry away bits of broken-up rock
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erosion
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process by which sediments settles out of the water or wind carrying it
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deposition
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process that presses sediments together
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compaction
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process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediments together
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cementation
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after deposition second step in rock cycle
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heat and pressure
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1 step in rock cycle
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deposition
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3 step in rock cycle after heat and pressure
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melting
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4 step in rock cycle after melting
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volcanic activity
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5 step after volcanic activity
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weathering and erosion
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