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| large mass of igneous rock exposed by erosion at Earth's surface; forms the core of many mountain ranges |
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| process by which minerals precipitate out of solution to fill the spaces between sand grains, pebbles or other rock particles and bind the fragments together |
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| changing of a rock's shape by heat, friction, stress, and pressure |
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| A type of magma rich in silica that forms light-colored igneous rock containing minerals such as quartz and feldspar |
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| the remains, impression or any other evidence of life from another geologic age preserved in rock |
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| rock formed by the cooling and hardening of magma; one type of rock in the rock cycle |
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| type of magma rich in iron and magnesium and low in silica; forms dark-colored igneous rock containing minerals |
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| hot molten rock that forms beneath the Earth's surface |
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| rock that has undergone chemical or structural change due to the effects of heat and pressure; one type of rock in the rock cycle |
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| process by which a rock's structure or composition is changed by pressure, heat, and moisture |
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| the original rock material that forms metamorphic rock |
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| Intrusion of magma into Earth's crust, creating igneous rock formations such as dikes, sills, laccoliths, volcanic necks, and batholiths |
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| naturally formed group of minerals bound together; can consist largely on one mineral or several different minerals in varying quantities |
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| a repeated series of events by which rock gradually and continually changes between igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic forms |
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| solid particles such as weathered rock fragments, plant and animal remains, or minerals that settle out of solution onto lake and ocean bottoms |
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| rock formed by the compaction and cementing of layers of sediments; one type of rock in the rock cycle |
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| the arrangement of layers of sedimentary rock |
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