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What are minerals? |
Solid, inorganic materials found in nature |
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What is inorganic? |
Dead |
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What is organic? |
Alive |
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What are three basic types of rock? |
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic |
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Igneous rocks are formed when? |
Melted rock material from inside the Earth cools down. (Intrusive and Extrusive) |
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What is Intrusive Igneous Rock? |
Formed below the Earth's surface |
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What is Extrusive Igneous Rock? |
Formed on the Earth's surface |
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What are Sedimentary Rocks? |
When pieces of other rocks form to make new rocks |
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What are the three types of Sedimentary Rocks? |
Clastic, Chemical, Organic |
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What are Clastic Sedimentary Rocks? |
Formed from physical weathering debris |
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What is weathering? |
The breaking down of materials such as rock, soil and minerals through contact with things in the environment like wind organisms and water |
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What is Chemical Sedimentary Rock? |
Formed when materials come out of a solution and form a rock |
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What is Organic Sedimentary Rock? |
Formed from animal and plant debris |
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What are Metamorphic Rocks? |
Made from metamorphosis from rocks buried deep below the Earth's surface (Foliated and Non-Foliated) |
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What is a Foliated Metamorphic Rock? |
Layered Appearance |
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What is a Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock? |
Non-Layered Appearance |
