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A type of rock that forms within the Earth when magma cools and solidifies

What is intrusive igneous?

100

The layering that occurs in sedimentary rock is called

What is stratification?

100

This kind of metamorphic rock has mineral grains that are arranged in planes or bands

What is foliated?

100

the quality of rock based on size and shape

What is texture?

100

When lava cools down enough, it solidifies to form

What is extrusive igneous rock?

200

These have to increase for metamorphism to occur

What are temperature and pressure?

200
An igneous rock with coarse-grained texture forms when
What is magma cools very slowly?
200

This is the process in which rocks change shape

What is deformation?

200

the chemical makeup of a rock

What is composition?

200

process by which new rock is made from old rock

What is rock cycle?

300

These are the main categories of sedimentary rock

What are clastic, chemical, and organic?

300
Which of the following causes the breakdown of rock: stratification, cementing, weathering, extrusion.
What is weathering?
300
Fine-grained, medium-grained and coarse-grained are descriptions of a rock's
What is texture?
300

naturally occurring solid mixture of crystals of one or more minerals 

What is rock?

300
When flowing water transports and deposits sediments, the sediments dry in
What is strata?
400

A type of rock that forms under high temperature and pressure, but is not exposed to enough heat to melt the rock

What is metamorphic?

400
At temperatures higher than 1,000 degrees Celsius, most rock will
What is melt?
400

Process in which layers in sedimentary rock are formed

What is stratification?

400

process by which sediment is removed from its source

What is erosion?

400

Which of the following does not cause magma to form:

a. a rise in temperature

b. a change in composition

c. a decrease in pressure

d. an increase in pressure

C.  a decrease in pressure

500
After they are deposited, sediments, such as sand are turned into sedimentary when when they are compacted and
What is cemented?
500
Contact metamorphism occurs where
What is next to magma?
500

Besides weathering and erosion, what other forces shape the Earth's features

What are deposition and uplift?

500

process in which crystals in minerals change in size or composition


What is recrystallization?

500

result of large pieces of rock deep within the Earth's crust colliding

What is regional metamorphism?