Question | Answer |
The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure. | Crystalizetion. |
The process when estimate is pressed together. | Gemstone. |
a type of rock that forms from cooling of molten rock at or below the surface. | Igneous rock. |
a rock that forms from an existing rock. | Metamorphic rock. |
Igneous rock that forms from lava. | Extrusive rock. |
A mineral founded in magma. | Silica |
Gathered into a mass; clustered. | Conglamorate. |
The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock or soil. | Erosion. |
The process by which sediments are pressed under their own weight. | Compaction. |
Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure. | Classic rock. |
Sedimentary rock that forms from when minerals crystallize from solution. | Chemical rock. |
A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again. | Crystal. |
A hollow rock inside which mineral crystals have formed. | Geode. |
The molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle. | Magma. |
The force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted. | Pressure. |
The look and feel of rocks surface determinedby size, shaoe and pattern of a rocks grain. | Texture. |
a rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of other plants or animals pressed and cemented together | sedimentary rock. |
The common minerals that make up most of the rocks on earth's crust. | Rock-forming mineral. |
Igneous rock that forms when magama harness beneathh Earths crust. | intrusive rock. |
small, solid pieces of minerals that come from rocks or organism. | Sediment. |
classic sedimentary rock composed of other rocks. | Breccia. |
the prossess by which dissolved crystallize and glue particles of sediment into one mass. | Cementation. |
Sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organism deposited in thick layers. | Organic rock. |
a landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface. | Plateau. |
the difference in elevation from one line to the next. | Contour Interval. |
The layer of rock that forms Earths outer surface. | Crust. |
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantel and the crust. | Lithospher. |
the softest layer. | Asthenospher. |
a layer of molten iron ssnd nickel that surrounds the i nner core of Earth. | Outer core. |
A dense sphere of solid Iron and nickle at the center of Earth. | Inner core. |
The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core. | Mantle. |
an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produce. | Mid- Ocean ridge |
A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which ocianic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle. | Deep-ocean trenches. |
a break or crack in Earths lithosphere along which the rocks move. | Fault. |