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| A solid mixture of crystals of one of more minerals |
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| The process by which one rock type turns into another |
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| Rocks that form when grains of sand and sediment that are compacted together- on the surface |
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| Rock that forms from cooled magma |
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| Rock that forms when the texture and composition of pre existing rock change due to heat and pressure |
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| Grains of sand , clay and small particles |
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| Liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts |
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| The minerals that make up a rock |
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| Determined by the size, shapes and positions of the grains that make up a rock |
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| Small particles that make up rock- like silt and clay |
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| Medium sized particles- between fine and coarse that make up a rock |
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| Large particles that make up a rock |
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| Rock that has formed when magma cooled beneath earth’s surface- usually cools slowly |
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| Balloon shaped formations of cooled magma that is has formed at great depths |
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| Igneous rock that forms at the earth’s surface ( from volcanoes)- usually cools quickly |
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| Long cracks in the earth’s surface |
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| A plain created from large area of lava that has flowed from a fissure |
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| Layers of sedimentary rock that form from deposition of sediment |
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| Sedimentary rock formed from fragments of other rocks and minerals |
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| chemical sedimentary rock |
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| Sedimentary rock formed from solutions of minerals and water |
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| Sedimentary rock formed from remains of plants and animals |
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| Remains of plants and animals that have been preserved in sedimentary rock |
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| Remains of coral that have been cemented together |
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| Layering of sedimentary rock |
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| change in the composition of a rock due to exposure to heat |
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| Rock that changes due to great pressure in the earth or when pieces of the Earth’s crust collides with each other- happens with continental rock formations |
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| Foliated Metamorphic Rock |
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| Metamorphic rock that has minerals “lined up” due to pressure |
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| Nonfoliated Metamorphic Rock |
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| Metamorphic rock that do not have mineral grains aligned—these rocks only have one or more minerals in them |
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| A foliated metamorphic rock |
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