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Rock cycle
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Rocks general
100
liquid rock within the earth
What is magma
100
Extrusive igneous rock
what is Fine texutue igenous rock
100
Chemical sedimentary
What is sedimentary rock that is made of minerals that was once dissolved in water
100
Large area of metamorphic rock usually along plate boundaries
What is Regional metamorphism
100
Layering
What is Strata
200
small pieces of matter; rocks, soil, shells and remains of dead animals
What is sediments
200
Low density, light colored igneous rock
What is Felsic
200
Sedimentary rock formed from sediments
What is Clastic rock
200
Minerals that make up rock
What is Compositon
200
The size and shape of the mineral crystals or grains of rock
What is Texture
300
The process of breaking rocks into smaller and smaller pieces by wind, water, ice, sunlight and gravity
What is Weathering
300
intrusive
What is Coarse texture igneous rock
300
A characteristic of sedimentary rock
Whatis visible layering (stratification)
300
Rocks without layering
What is Nonfoliated meatamorphic rock
300
Changing of one type of rock to anohter as a result of great heat and great pressure
What is metamorphism
400
The process of changing from a solid to a liquid
What is melting
400
Dense, dark colored rock
What is Mafic
400
Sedimentary rock made of substances that were once part of or made by living things
What is Organic seidmentary
400
How metamorphc rock is formed
What is Heat and pressure
400
Process in which sediments are carried away by wind, water, or ice
What is erosion
500
A naturally formed solid material that is usually made of minerals
What is Rock
500
Increase in temperature, Decrease in pressure and composition (fluids)
What is melt rocks
500
Imprints ( casts or molds ) found in sedimentary rock
What are Fossils
500
Minerals in arranged in layers
What is Foliated metamorphic
500
Prcess by which one rock type changes into another
What is rock cycle