EXOGENIC | Types of Rocks (Word-Definition)

Question 1

Formed when molten rocks cools down due to decrease in temperature

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Igneous Rocks

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Hard and has no layers

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Igneous Rocks

Question 3

Forms from magma or lava cooling

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Igneous Rocks

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Formed when pre-existing rocks transform into new rocks due to increase in pressure and temperature

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Metamorphic Rocks

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Formed with remains of pre-existing rocks and once living animals

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Sedimentary Rocks

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Formed with sediments that accumulates on the Earth’s surface

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Sedimentary Rocks

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Formed with sediment compaction

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Sedimentary Rocks

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Crumbly and layered

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Sedimentary rocks

Question 9

Type of igneous rocks that cools down faster and forms at the crust’s surface

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extrusive rocks igneous rock

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type of igneous rocks that cools down slower and forms when magma flows into underground chambers where it isn’t exposed to the surface’s atmosphere

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intrusive igneous rock

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type of metamorphic rocks that forms when pressure flattens or elongates materials within a rock, causing its formation to be aligned

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foliated metamorphic rock

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type of metamorphic rocks that doesn’t have a platy or sheet-like structure

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non foliated metamorphic rock

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type of sedimentary rocks which name is usually based on its grain size and is made up of pre existing rocks

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clastic sedimentary rock

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type of sedimentary rocks which is formed through chemical precipitation

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Chemical sedimentary rock

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the process of water traveling through rocks then dissolves some of its materials then deposits it (takes it away from its source) as it evaporates.

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chemical precipitation

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type of sedimentary rock which is formed of biogenic or organic matter (ex: fossils)

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Organic/biogenic sedimentary rock