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Extrusive Igneous Rock |
Rock that forms as lava cools earth's surface. |
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Foliation |
The arrangement of minerals within rocks into flat or wavy parallel bands. |
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Igneous Rock |
Rock that forms as molten rock cools and becomes solid. |
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Intrusive Igneous Rock |
Rock that forms as magma cools below Earth's surface. |
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Metamorphic Rock |
Rock formed as heat or pressure causes existing rock to change in structure, texture, or mineral composition. |
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Metamorphism |
The process by which a rock's structure or mineral composition is changed by pressure or heat. |
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Recrystallization |
The process by which bonds between atoms in minerals break and re-form in new ways. |
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Rock |
A naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more types of minerals. |
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Rock Cycle |
The set of natural, repeating processes that form, change, break down, and re-form rocks. |
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Sediment |
Solid materials such as rock fragments, plants and animals remains, or minerals that are carried by water or by air and that settle on the bottom of a body of water or on the ground. |
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Sedimentary Rock |
Rock formed as pieces of older rocks and other loose materials get pressed or cemented together or as dissolved minerals re-form and build up in layers. |
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Cementation |
A rock forming process where large sediments are glued together by minerals deposited between them. |
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Compaction |
A rock forming process where layers of small sediments become compressed by the weight of the layers above. |
