Quiz #2- Minerals and Rocks- 12 to 19 Flashcards
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Rock
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A mixture of one or more minerals, rocks, non-minerals, or organic materials.
2
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Rock Cycle
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The process by which over many years, this causes the changing of rocks from one to another.
3
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Melting
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Rocks are heated up and turned into magma or lava.
4
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Lithification
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The process of sediment being cemented or compacted into rock.
5
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Cooling
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The process of magma or lava solidifying into solid rock. Igneous Rock forms this way.
6
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Weathering
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The process of rocks breaking down into sediments.
7
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Erosion
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The movement of these sediments overtime.
8
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Igneous Rock
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Large mineral crystals, magma cools very slowly, this gives the magma time to form crystals, and this rock has coarse grain texture.
