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Rocks
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A type of rock that forms from an exisitng rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
What is Metamorphic rock
100
A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
What is Igneous Rock
100
The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own pressure
What is compaction
100
The destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carries away fragments of rock
What is erosion
100
Name the outer most layer of the earth
What is the crust
200
The look and feel of a rock's surface, determined by the size, shape, and pattern of a rock's grains
What is texture
200
Igneous rock that forms from lava on the Earth's surface
What is Extrusive rock
200
Sedimentary rock that form when minerals crystallize from a solution
What is Chemical
200
The process by which sediment settles out of water or wind that is carrying it
What is deposition
200
Name the inner most layer of the Earth
What is the inner core
300
A type of rock that forms when particles form other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
What is Sedimentary
300
A solid mixture of minerals and other minerals
What is a rock
300
The term used to describe metamorphic rocks that DO NOT HAVE grains arranged in parallel layers
What is Non-foliated
300
The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass
What is cementation
300
Name 3 types of Earth changes that help produce different parts of the rock cycle
What are earthquakes, mountains, and volcanoes
400
The particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture
What is Grain
400
The term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers
What is foliated
400
Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms
What is Sediment
400
Name a type of intrusive rock
What is granite
400
Name the 3 types of rock
What is sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous
500
Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface
What is Intrusive Rock
500
Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure
What is Clastic
500
Sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of organisms deoposited in thick layers
What is organic
500
Name a type of extrusive rock
What is basalt
500
Name the process that all rocks go through.
What is the rock cycle