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a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
What is rock?
100
layers of rock
What is strata?
100
the process by which material is laid down
What is deposition?
100
rock formed from pressure caused by layers of sediment placed on top of each other
What is sedimentary rock?
100
weathering, erosion, deposition, solidifing
What is rock cycle?
200
The series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed or is formed
What is rock cycle?
200
fragments of rock cemented together by a mineral
What is clastic sedimentary rock?
200
Movement from within the Earth that causes rock to be pushed to the Earth's surface
What is uplift?
200
A land form covered in lava from an erupting volcano that forms igneous rock
What is lava plateau?
200
naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals
What is rock?
300
A change in the shape of a rock caused by a force placed on it
What is deformation?
300
rocks formed by the solutions of dissolved minerals
What is chemical sedimentary rock?
300
The process by which water, wind, ice and heat break down rock
What is weathering?
300
Igneous rock formed below the Earth's surface.
What is intrusive igneous rock?
300
Rock formed above the Earth's surface mainly due to volcano eruptions
What is extrusive igneous rock?
400
Rocks produced from the skeleton of organisms
What is organic sedimentary rock?
400
igneous rock that weathers and and wears away into grains of sand
What is sediment?
400
The quality of rock based on the size, shape, and positions of the rocks grain.
What is texture?
400
the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands
What is foliated?
500
The process by which sedimentary rock is arranged in layers
What is stratification?
500
The process by which wind, water and ice transports soil and sediment
What is erosion?
500
when magma cools and solidifies
What is igneous rock?
500
Hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts
What is magma?
500
The chemical make up of a rock
What is composition?
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