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| A naturally occuring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter |
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| All minerals are _____ but not all rocks are _____ |
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First blank - rocks
Second blank - minerals |
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| Rocks have many uses because? |
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| They are widely available, hard, strong, and resist weathering |
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| Rocks have many uses because they are widely available, hard, strong, and resist weathering including: |
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Tools - iron and other metals
Weapons - lead and metals
Building materials - bricks, mortar, and cement |
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| The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroye, and forms again by geologic processes |
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| The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock |
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| The process by which sediment is moved from its source |
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| The process in which material is dropped or comes to rest |
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| Getting smaller and denser |
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| water and minerals gluing pieces of rock together |
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| The process of changing the composition or arrangement of minerals within a rock because of extreme heat or pressure |
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| Once it has cooled off enough, the liquid magma turns back into a solid |
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| The process by which rock is pushed from under ground to the Earth's surface |
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| Melting and Cooling form? |
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| Weathering and Compaction form? |
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| Made from small pieces of rock that have been moved |
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| Made from rock that has been compressed and heated |
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| the appearanc, hardness, and other properties of a rock |
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| The size, shape, and positions of the grains that make up a rock |
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| Small or grains that are not visible |
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| Rock that begins as molten magma and that is cooled and solidified |
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| Why are igneous rocks spotted? |
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| They contain different minerals that have different melting and freezing points |
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| Which minerals or other substances make up the rock |
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| Light-colored rocks; usually lighter |
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| Darker-colored rocks; usually heavier |
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| The size of the crystals in the rock |
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| The longer the rock has to cool the ____ the crystals grow |
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| Igneous rocks with very small or indistinc crystals probably cooled very ______ |
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| Forms underground between existing rock layers |
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| A large irregularly shaped igneous intrusion |
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| Smaller areas located above batholiths |
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| Intrusion that cuts across previous rock units |
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| Intrusion that inserts between layers of rock |
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| Forms at the surface of the Earth |
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| Hot, liquified rock while it's underground |
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| After magma reaches the surface its called.. |
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| Lava oozing from cracks in the Earth's crust |
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| When lava covers a large area, burying previous land forms |
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| Dissolved ____ and ____ act as natural cement that binds small pieces of rock together |
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| Layers of rock; sedimentary rock's most noticeable feature is it's layered appearance |
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| Made of fgraments of rock cemented together (Conglmerate, sandstone) |
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| Chemical Sedimentary Rock |
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| Forms from solutions of dissolved minerals and water that evaporate and leave the minerals behind to crystallize (Halite) |
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| Organic Sedimentary Rocks |
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| Made from the remains of living organisms (coral, coal, and limestone) |
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| The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers |
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| Record the motion of wind and water waves on lakes, oceans, rivers, and sand dunes |
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| Fine-grain sediments at the bottom of a shallow body of water are exposed to the air and dry out |
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| The process of changing a rock with heating or pressure |
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| Occurs when magma inrudes into rock and heats it up substantially, causing the adjacent rock to be heated and change form |
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| Occurs when pressure has built up in rock buried deep below other rock formations, or at tectonic plates |
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