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What are sedimentary rocks made of?
Sediments
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How do igneous rocks form?
Magma or lava cools and becomes hard.
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What does it take to make rocks into metamorphic rocks?
Heat and Pressure
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How do sedimentary rocks change into metamorphic rocks?
Through Heat and Pressure
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What group those Granite belong to?
Igneous Rock
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How do sediments form?
Weathering breaks rock into smaller pieces.
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Igneous rock formed from magma is called what?
Intrusive Igneous Rock
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What is Contact Metamorphism?
Metamorphism caused by lots of HEAT.
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How do Igneous Rocks change to Metamorphic Rocks?
Through Heat and Pressure
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What group does Obsidian belong to?
Igneous Rock
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What are the processes that move sediments from one place to another?
Erosion and Deposition
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Igneous rock formed from lava is called what?
Extrusive Igneous Rock
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What is Regional Metamorphism?
Metamorphism caused by lots of PRESSURE.
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How do metamorphic rocks change into igneous rock?
They melt into magma, then cool.
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What group is Sandstone in?
Sedimentary Rock
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What is strata?
Layers of different sediments in sedimentary rock.
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Intrusive Igneous rocks usually have what texture?
Coarse Grain
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What does it mean if a metamorphic rock is Folliated?
The minerals are in bands or layers.
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How do igneous rocks become sedimentary?
They break into sediments, then the sediments form a sedimentary rock.
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What group is Schist in?
Metamorphic Rock
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How do sedimentary rocks form?
Sediments are compacted and cemented together.
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Extrusive Igneous rocks usually have what texture?
Fine Grain
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What is the texture of metamorphic rock that doesn't have bands or stripes?
Nonfolliated.
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How do metamorphic rocks become sedimentary?
They break into sediments, then the sediments form a sedimentary rock.
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What group does Skarn belong to?
Metamorphic Rock