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Tightly compacted.
What is dense?
Hot liquid rock below Earth's surface.
What is magma?
Example of this rock is chalk.
What is Sedimentary?
Example of the Rock is slate.
What is Metamorphic?
Igneous rock can be found in or around these?
What is a volcano?
Name of an intrusive rock?
What is Basalt?
Name of an extrusive rock.
What is Granite?
The slow breakdown of rock and sediment.
What is weathering?
Made from rocks and organic matter.
What is soil?
Very small pieces of rock, such as sand, gravel, and dust.
What are sediments?
This is what sedimentary rocks start off as.
What is sediment?
These type of rocks can become sediment by weathering.
What is any type of rock?
Liquid rocks or minerals
What is molten rock?
Movement of weathered rock and sediment.
What is erosion?
Metamorphic rocks get their name also from the latin word mroph, meaning this.
What is "form" or "to change"?
Two types of Igneous Rocks
What is intrusive and extrusive
Formed when magma or lave from volcano cools.
What is Igneous rock?
Formed when rock is put under extreme heat and pressure.
What is Metamorphic rock?
Formed by weather layers or pieces of rock that are pressed together.
What is Sedimentary rock?
Created when plants or animals are trapped within rocks
What are Fossils?
Rock that forms below the surface.
What is intrusive
Chunk of igneous rock formed in the air from hardened lava.
What is volcanic bomb?
Rock that cools on the surface.
What is extrusive?
Small pieces of a substance that have many sides and are formed when the substance turns into a solid.
What are crystals?
Substances such as quartz and salt that are naturally formed underground.
What are minerals?