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Molten (liquid) rock under the Earth's surface
What is Magma?
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Rock that contains metal or minerals with useful elements
What is Ore?
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Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
What is Sediment?
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What is the Rock Cycle?
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Closest mountain to the moon
What is Mount Chimborazo (in Ecuador)
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Temperature of magma
What is 1000 Celcius?
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Mineral grains are arranged randomly
What are Non-Foliated Rocks?
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Break up of rocks into smaller pieces
What is Weathering?
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What happens when Intrusive Igneous Rock turns into Soil
What is weathering?
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Tallest mountain on earth
What is Mouna Kea (32,808 ft- 3,000 ft taller than Mt. Everest)
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Causes minerals to reorder themselves during mineral alignment
What are heat and pressure?
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Metamorphic rocks always come from pre-existing ___
What are parent rocks?
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Gradual wearing away of rocks through wind, water, ice, or gravity
What is Erosion?
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What happens when Sedimentary Rock turns into Metamorphic Rock
What is an Increase in Temperature?
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The softest mineral
What is Talc?
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Type of rock formed when magma cools below the surface
What is Intrusive Igneous Rock?
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Alternating layers of light and dark minerals
What is Banding?
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Form when the remains of plants and/or animals are deposited in thick layers
What are Organic Rocks?
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What happens when Soil turns into Sediment
What is Erosion?
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The hardest mineral
What is a diamond?
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Formed by the cooling and solidification of lava above the surface
What is Extrusive Igneous Rock?
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Metamorphic rocks with grains arranged in parallel layers or "bands"
What are Foliated Rocks?
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When minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize
What are Chemical Rocks?
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What happens when Sediment turns into Sedimentary Rock
What is Lithification?
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Mount Rushmore is composed of this type of rock
What is Igneous Rock?