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| A mixture of minerals, volcanic glass, organic matter, or other material |
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| A model showing processes that create and change rock. |
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| Formed when sediments are pressed and cemented together. |
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| Formed when a rock goes under extreme heat and pressure. |
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| Formed for the cooling and hardening of magma or lava. |
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| The rock cycle never destroys elements of rock but merely redistributes them. |
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| The father of the rock cycle. |
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| Magma from a volcano that reaches Earth's surface. |
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| Large-grained igneous rock forms when magma cools below the surface. |
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| Small-grained igneous rock forms when magma cools at or near the Earth's surface. |
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| dark-colored and dense igneous rock that is mostly likely to be found near the ocean floor. |
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| Contain Fe and Mg but very little silica |
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| Lower in density and lighter in color |
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| Contains more silica and less Fe and Mg |
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| Balanced composition of minerals and density |
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| can help identify and igneous rock as intrusive or extrusive |
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| Igenous rock with holes around once trapped air and other gases |
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| Basaltic, granitic and andesitic |
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| Two ways that igneous rocks are classified |
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| Change from the heat and pressure caused by one layer rock on top of another rock. |
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| Can change as a result of hot, water-rich fluids moving through rock, chemically changing it. |
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| Two ways to classify metamorphic rocks |
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| classified by the composition and texture |
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| Mineral grains flatten and line up in parallel layers of bands |
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| Mineral grains grow and rearrange but do not form layers |
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| Mostly found exposed on Earth's surface |
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| Layers of rocks, fragments, mineral grains, organic matters |
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| Classified by what they are made of and how they are formed. |
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| Occurs when small sediments stick together because of pressure |
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| Occurs when water and other minerals move through open spaces between larger sediments gluing them together |
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| Detrital Sedimentary Rocks |
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| Made from broken fragments of other rocks and often have a granular texture |
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| Chemical Sedimentary Rock |
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| Limestone and rock salt are two examples |
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| Forms from calcite, which was calcium carbonate in solution |
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| Formed from halite, which was salt in solution |
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| Made from remains of once-living plants or animals |
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| Made of microscopic calcite-shell remains of animals |
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| Made of plant remains, chemically changed by microorganisms and compacted over million of years |
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