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What is a rock?   A mixture of minerals, rocks fragments, volcanic glass, organic matter, or other natural materials  
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What are the four most common rock forming minerals?   Quartz, Mica, Feldspar, Hornblende  
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What is the characteristic of Quartz?   Usually white to clear  
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What is the characteristic of Mica?   Muscovite, light and biotite, dark  
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What is the characteristic of Feldspar   Pink in color  
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What is the characteristic of Hornblende   usually dark colored  
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What is the rock cycle   A diagram/model that shows how rocks slowly change through time  
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What are the 3 types of rocks   Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary  
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Rocks are classified based on how they what?   Form  
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What are the processes by which rocks change?   Weathering, melting, erosion, heating, cooling, compaction, cementation, deposition, pressure  
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True or False The changes that take place in the rock cycle never destroy or create matter   True  
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How is igneous rocks formed?   Magma/lava cools and hardens  
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What are they types of igneous rocks   Intrusive, extrusive, volcanic glass  
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What are the characteristics of Intrusive Rocks?   Rocks that form from magma below the earth's surface  
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What are the characteristics of Extrusive Rocks?   Rocks that form from lava on the earth's surface  
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What are the characteristics of Volcanic Glass?   Pumice, obsidian, and scoria are examples of volcanic glass  
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What are the classifications of Igneous Rocks?   By the type of magma/lava that they form  
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What are basaltic Rocks?   Igneous rocks, dense, dark colored rocks. Made mostly of iron and magnesium  
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What are Granitic Rocks?   Igneous rocks , light - colored rocks of lower density that basaltic rocks. made mostly of silicon and oxygen  
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What are Andesitic Rocks?   Igneous rocks, have mineral compositions between those of basaltic and granitic rocks Usually red to pink in color, but not always  
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What are the formations of Metamorphic Rocks?   changes in temperature and pressure or the presence of hot watery fluids  
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What can metamorphic rocks form from   Igneous, sedimentary, or other metamorphic rocks  
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What are the classifications of metamorphic rocks?   by its composition and texture  
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What are foliated rocks?   when mineral grains line up in parallel layers or bands  
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What are nonfoliated rocks?   mineral grains that grow and rearrange, but they don't form layers and layering does not occur  
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What are the formations of sedimentary rocks?   Sediments are loose materials such as rock fragments, mineral grains, and bits of shell that have been moved by wind, water, ice, or gravit  
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How are they formed?   when sediments become pressed or cemented together, or when minerals form from solutions and often form in layers  
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What are sedimentary rocks classified by?   detrital, chemical, or organic  
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What are the Sizes of Sediments?   Clay - Shale, Silt - Siltstone, Sand - Sandstone, Gravel - Conglomerate & Breccia  
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What are the 3 processes of forming sedimentary rocks?   Cementation, compaction, evaporation  
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What is cementation?   Occurs when larger pieces of sediments are naturally cemented together to form sedimentary rock  
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What is compaction?   occurs when small pieces of sediment are pressed together by the layers above them to form sedimentary rock  
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What is evaporation?   occurs when solutions evaporate and form rocks  
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