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Rock |
A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter |
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Erosion |
The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediments from one location to another |
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Rock Cycle |
The series of processes in which a rock forms changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geological proccesses |
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Deposition |
The process in which material is laid down |
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Composition |
The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials on the rock |
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Texture |
The quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and positions of the rock's grains |
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Intrusive Igneous Rock |
Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the earth's surface |
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Extrusive Igneous Rock |
Rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity at or near the earth's surface |
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Strata |
Layers of rock (singular, stratum) |
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Stratification |
The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers |
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Foliated |
The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands |
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Nonfoliated |
The texture of a metamorphic rock in which the minerals grains are not arranged in planes or bands |
