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| Molten, or hot, liquid rock that is still inside the earth |
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| Molten, or hot, liquid rock that comes out through a volcano |
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IGNEOUS ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS |
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| properties to describe minerals |
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• Color
• Streak
• Hardness
• Shape |
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| The color a mineral produces when it is rubbed across a rough white surface |
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| The degree to which a mineral resists scratching |
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| the thickest layer of the earth |
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| the rocky outer shell of Earth, which is made up of the crust and rigid upper part of the mantle |
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| a process by which rocks can be changed into different kinds of rocks. |
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| change sedimentary or igneous rock into metamorphic rock |
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| a solid material made up of minerals and sometimes other substances |
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| small pieces of material that have broken off of rocks and have been deposited by water, wind, or ice. |
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| a process by which wind, water and gravity leave eroded sediments in new locations. |
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| presses sediments together |
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| substances of matter that are alive or were once alive |
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| a land from that spurts water and steam |
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| a naturally formed solid substance with a crystal structure whi9ch is not formed from living things |
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| Rocks are slowly worn down by the forces of wind, water, ice, freezing and heating |
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| When the worn rock is picked up and transported |
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