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| liquid rock beneath the Earth's surface |
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| the breaking down of rock by chemical or mechanical means |
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| broken pieces of rock and other materials |
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| rocks created by heat and pressure |
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| different paths that a rock can go through to change into another type of rock |
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| rocks formed from lava and outside of the Earth's crust |
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| rock formed from magma that erupted, cooled, and solidified within a km opf the Earth's crust |
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| igneous rock that forms inside the Earth |
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| another name for intrusive rocks |
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| another name for plutonic rocks |
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| molten rock outside the Earth's crust |
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| rock with two sizes of crystals |
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name for large crystals in a porphyry rock |
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| light colored igneous rock |
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| dark colored igneous rock |
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| rocks composed of mostly magnesium and iron |
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| medium colored igneous rock |
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| rock that makes up the foundation of a continent |
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| cementation in sedimentary rocks |
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| composed of fragment of weathered rocks cemented together |
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| organic sedimentary rocks |
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rock mad of litified remains of plants and animals |
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chemical sedimentary rocks |
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| rocks formed from the precipitation of minerals from solution |
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| bioclatic sedimentary rocks |
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| rocks made of broken shell fragments and similar remains of living organisms |
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| empty space among things like sand grains |
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| process where water is forced out of the pore space by the weight of ovwerhead layers |
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spliting of very fine layering of shale |
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| partially decayed plant remains |
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| rock made up of calcite and dolomite |
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| features that develop during or shortly after deposition of sediment |
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| fractional crystallization |
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| process where different minerals form at different temperatures |
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relationship between magma and mineral formation |
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| small beds lying at an angle to the main layers |
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| small parallel ridges formed in sand or mud caused by wind or water |
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| cracks that form when mud shrinks and dries |
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| once living remins in rock |
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| process of pressure and heat that changes rocks and minerals |
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| the intensity of the morphism that formed the rock |
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| folding, faulting, and other changes due to chemical or mechnaical means |
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| parallel fracture pattern |
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| hot magma intrudes on cooler rock |
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| sedimentary rocks being buried and pressurized |
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| regional dynamothermal metamorphism |
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| major crustal movements that build moutnains and deform rocks |
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| hydrothermal metamorphism |
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| occurs when hot water and ions dissolve and react with the rock to change its chemical composition |
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| some minerals melt at low temperatures while others staay solid |
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| when sediments are laid down |
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| bedding where particle size gets heavier towards the bottom layers |
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| layer of sedimentary rock that forms from precipitates |
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| percentage of open spaces between grains in rocks |
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| large crystals in metamorphic rocks |
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| continuous changing and remaking of rocks |
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