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Earth's Surface
Earth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rock | a naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more types of minerals |
| Magma | Molton rock beneath the Earth's surface |
| Lava | Molten rock that reaches a planet's surface through a volcano |
| Sediment | Solid materials such as rock fragments, plants and animal remains, or minerals that are carried by water or by air and that settle on the bottom of a body of water or on the ground |
| Fossil | a trace or the remains of a once-living thing from long ago |
| Foliation | The arrangement of minerals within rocks into flat or wavy parallel bands; a characteristic of most metamorphic rocks. |
| Metamorphism | The process by which a rock's structure or mineral composition is changed by pressure or heat |
| Erosion | The process in which sediment is picked up and moved from one place to another. |
| Deposition | the process in which transported sediment is laid dowm |
| How do Igneous rocks form? | forms when molten rock cools and becomes solid. |
| How do Intrusive igneous rocks form? | an igneous rock where the magma cools within the Earth |
| How do Extrusive igneous rocks form? | an igneous rock where the lava cools on the Earth's surface |
| parent rock | the original sedimentary or igneous rock that is changed by heat or pressure or both to create metamorphic rock |
| How do Sedimentary rocks form? | forms when pieces of older rocks, plants and other loose materials get pressed or cemented together |
| How does coal form? | it's a sedimentary rock made from plants |
| How does Limestone form? | it's a sedimentary rock made from shells and skeletons |
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