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| The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock. |
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| When uplifted rocks reach the Earth's _______________, from which sedimentary rocks are made. |
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| metamorphic rock contains m inerals that are arrnaged in plates or bands. |
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| The most characteristic property of sedimentary rock is _____________________. |
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| forms plains called lava plateaus. |
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| What are the three claasifications of sedimentary rocks. |
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| clastic, chemical, organic |
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| An igneous rock that cools very slowly has a |
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| is a common stucture found in metamorphic rock. |
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| is a common stucture found in metamorphic rock. |
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| What is another name for for igneous rock? |
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| When uplifted rocks reach the earth's _____________, weathering, erosion, and deposition begin. |
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| Sedimentary rock can ve made when sediment is pressed and cemented together by ________________ dissolved in water. |
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| magma in the earth's crust that has risen to the surface and cools and solidifies. |
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| rocks that are partially or completely melted. |
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| sediment that washeds down into the rivers and oceans and is pressed and cemented together. |
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| What 2 factors affect the type of igneous rock that is formed? |
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| How fast the magma cools and and the compostion of the magma. |
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| What are the three ways that magma can form? |
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| When rock is heated. When pressure is released. When rock changes composition |
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| What three factors affect the formation of magma? |
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| temperature, pressure, composition |
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| Light-colored igneous rocks are less ___________ |
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| than dark-colored igneous rocks are. |
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| Lava can either erupt or flow from long cracks in the earth's crust called |
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| Intrusive igneous rock usually has a __________ texture |
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| sheet like intrusion that lie parallel to previous rock units. |
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| The more quickly an igneous rock solidifies, the __________________ grain |
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| Dark-colored igneous rock that are rich in calcium, iron, and magnesium are called ________________ rocks |
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| Which rock's name comes from the Greek works for changed and shape? |
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| Pressure caused by large movements with the crust sometimes cause the _________________ in metamorphic rocks to align themselves in parallel bands. |
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| During ____________________________, rock is heated by nearby magma. |
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| The effect of heat on rock decreases as the rock's ___________ from the magma increase and its __________________ decreases |
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| after quartz limestone has recrystalized, the new rock is called _____________ |
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| What do we call metamorphic rocks in which mineral grains do not align? |
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| Some metamorphic rocks minerals only form at certain temperatures and pressures. examples are biotte mica, chlorite, garnet, kyanite, muscovie mica, sillimanite, and staurolite |
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| a sedimentary rock made of layers of clay |
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| a metamorphic rock made from phyllite that has been exposed to heat and pressure. |
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