Science 6 P. 118

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rock forming mineral

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the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of the earths crust

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granite

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a usualy colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust

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basalt

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a dark dense igneous rock with a fine texture found in ocean crust

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grains

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the particals of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture

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texture

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the look or feel of the rocks surface determined by the size shape and patturn of the rocks grains

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igneous rock

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the type of rock that forms from the cooling of moltenrock at or bellow the surface

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sedimentary rock

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the type of rock that forms from the when particles of other rocks or remains of plantsand animals are pressed and semented together

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metamorphic rock

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the type of rock that form from the existing rock that changes by heat pressure or chemical reaction

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extrusive rock

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igneos rock that forms from lava on the earths surface

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intrusive rock

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igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneeth the earths surface

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silica

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a material found in magma that is formed from the elements oxigen and silicon

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sediment

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small solid peicesof material that come from rocks or organisms

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erosion

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the process by wich water ice wind or gravity

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deposition

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process by wich sediment is laid down in new locations

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compaction

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the process by wich sediments are pressed together under there own way

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cementation

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the process by wich dissolved crystalization and glue particles of sediment together in one mass

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clastic rock

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sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeesed together under high pressure

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organic rock

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sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of organisms deposited in thick layers

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chemical rock

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sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystlalize from a solution

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coral reef

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a structure of calcite skelitons built up bycoral animals in warm shallow ocean water

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foliated

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term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains aranged in parallel layers or bands

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rock cycle

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a series of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another