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Made up of the same kind of naturally occurring, inorganic solid.
Minerals
Made up of one or more minerals bound together
Rocks
Process of sediment becoming rock
Lithification
Type of rock formed when magma cools
Igneous
Igneous rock that cooled very slowly, creating large crystals
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Igneous rock that cooled very quickly, creating very small crystals or none at all
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Type of rock formed when sediments are deposited, compacted and cemented together
Sedimentary Rock
Type of rock formed when igneous or sedimentary rock is transformed by heat and pressure
Metamorphic
Movement responsible for the recycling of rock materials and the driving force of the rock cycle
Plate tectonics