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chapter 16---ROCKS
science test---ROCKS--questions
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7th Grade
04/11/2011

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*****coral reef
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is a structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm,shallow ocean water
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basalt
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is a dark-colored rock that is low in silica; has mineral crystals that are too small to be seen without a hand lens
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extrusive rock
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is igneous rock formed from lava that erupted onto earth's surface(basalt-most common)
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foliated
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term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged i parallel layers of bonds(slate-most common)
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grains
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the particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture
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granite
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a usually light-colored igneous rock that is rock that is formed in continental crust
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igneous rock
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a type of rock that forms the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
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intrusive rock
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igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath earth's surface--most abundant in continental crust is granite
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metamorphic rock
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a type of rock that forms froma n existing rock that is changed by heat,pressure, or chemical reactions
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rock cycle
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is a series of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
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rock forming mineral
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is one of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of the earth's crust
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sedimentary rock
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a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
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texture
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the look and feel of a rock's surface,determined by the size,shape,and pattern or a rock's grains
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sediment
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small,solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms
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cementation
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the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass
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clastic rock
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sedimentary rock thasst forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure
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chemical rock
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sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution
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compaction
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the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight
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deposition
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the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it
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erosion
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the destructive process in which water ro wind loosens and carries away fragments or rock
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organic rock
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sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers
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