Rocks

Question 0

Rock cycle

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The series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another is destroyed, and forms again by geological processes

Question 1

Rock

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A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or minerals or organic matter

Question 2

Erosion

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The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

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Deposition

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The process in which material is laid down

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Composition

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The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other minerals in the rock

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Texture

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The quality of a rock that is based on the on the sizes, shapes, and positions of the rock’s grains

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Strata

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A single bed of sedimentary rock

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foliated

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consisting of thin sheets

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nonfoliated

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not consisting of thin sheets

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intrusive igneous rocks

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igneous rocks made inside earth

Question 10

extrusive igneous rocks

Answer 10

igneous rocks made outside of the earth