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| The material with which Earth's crust is comprised that was once live organisms. |
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| Derived from living organisms. |
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| A quality describing how the grains of a rock are organized to make the rock. |
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| Minute pieces of minerals and other rocks that comprises a rock and creates its texture. |
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| The makeup of the rock; the minerals and other rocks contained in a rock. Smaller mineral crystals can be found by observing a "thin slice" under a microsocpe. |
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| A term describing igneous rocks that are formed underneath the crust. |
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| A term decribing igneous rocks that are formed by magma that cools on the crust. |
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| A way sedimentary rocks are created: the process in which sediment deeper in the crust is under high pressure from sediment above it and is "pressed" into a sedimentary rock. |
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| A way sedimentary rocks are formed: this process "glues" the rock together with a naturally occuring "cement." This is sometimes caused when sediment is dissolved in water. |
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| A specific type of sedimentary rock that is comprised of large pieces or rock and mineral cemented together. |
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