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Geology

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Origin of Sedmentary Rock Formed as weathering then sediments.
Clastic Rock Formed when fragments called clasts are cemented together
Chemical Rock Forme when a mineral crystallizes ot of solution
Organic Rock Forms form the remains of the plant and animals that were once living
Fossil Fuel Limestone This formed form the remains fo sea snimals that have cemented together
Coal A type of organic sedimentary rock
Stratification The arrangement of sedimentary rock into layers
Ripple Marks and Mudcracks Ripple marks can reval the direction of wind and sand on sand dunes
Bentonite This form of clay, which is a sedimentary rock
Metamotphic Rock Rocks in which the structure, texture, or compostion has changed.
Contact Metamorphism heated by magma
Regional Metamorphism Intense pressure. When piceces of the earth crust collide together.
Rock a naturally ocurring solid mixture of one or more matterminerals
Rock cycle series of processes in which a rock form or changes from one type to another rock
Erosion process by which wind, water, and ice transport soil and sediment from one place.
Deposition material is laid down
compositon a chemical makeup of a rock
texture quality of a rock that is based on the size shape and position
Intusive Igneous Rock The rock is formed from cooling and solidification of magma
Extrusive igneous Rock It is formed form volcanic activity at or near the earths surface
Uplift When the rock withinthe earth's moves to the suface
Deposition As sedimentary drops and comes to rest, sedimentary rock is formed
Igneous Rock Formed form magma
3 ways that magma can form When rock is heated. When pressure is released. When rock changes composition
Temperature when dramatic rise in tempertaure can cause minerals in a rock to melt
Pressure When the pressure is released around rocks that are ho melt minerals.
Composition When fluids combine with the rock.
Felsic Rock Light colored rock. Less dence than dark. Colored Rocks.
Mafic Rocks Dark colored rocks. Rich in Calcium, Iron, Megnessium. They are poor in silicon
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