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Chap 4 Flashcards

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Rock cycle

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A series of processes in witch a rock changes till it is destroyed

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Erosion

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The process by witch wind water ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to a nother

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Decompotion

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The process in witch material is laid down

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Composition

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The chemical make up of a rock

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Texture

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The way something feels. And looks

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Intrusive igneous rock

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Rock formed from the cooling from magma

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Extrusive igneous rock

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Rock formed as a result of volcanic activity. At near earths surface

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Strata

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Layers of rock

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Stratification

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The process in witch rocks are arrayed in layers

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Folia tied

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A texture of metamorphis rock in witch the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands

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Nonfoliated

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Not arranged in planes or bands

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Rock

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A natural occurring solid mixed of one or more minerals or organic matter

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