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| Exposed to high pressure --> it's form changes |
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| FOLIATED METAMORPHIC ROCKS |
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| Forms when pressure causes the rock to form in parallel bands |
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| NONFOLIATED METAMORPHIC ROCKS |
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| Forms when pressure forms rocks that do not have mineral grains or parallel bands. |
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| Forms when hot, liquid magma cools into solid rock |
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| Cools inside Earth (at a slower rate than EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK) |
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| Cools on Earth's surface (at a faster rate than INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK) |
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| At or near the surface of Earth, weathering, erosion, deposition, burial, and cementation takes place. |
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| Forms when sediments are buried, compacted, or cemented together by calcite or quarts. |
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| CHEMICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCK |
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| Forms when sea water evaporates |
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| Forms from the remains/fossils of once-living plants or animals. |
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| A combination of one or more minerals or organic matter |
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| Fine grained (small pieces), Medium grained (in between), or Coarse grained (large pieces). |
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