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Stack #166991
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geological processes. | Rock cycle |
| A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter. | Rock |
| The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another. | Erosion |
| The process in which material is laid down. | Deposition |
| The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock. | Composition |
| The quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and positions of the rock's grains. | Texture |
| Rock formed from the cooling and soildification of magma beneath the Earth's surface. | Intrusive igneous rock |
| Rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity at or near the Earth's surface. | Extrusive igneous rock |
| Layers of rock (singular, stratum). | Strata |
| The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranges in layers. | Straification |
| The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands. | Foliated |
| The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands. | Nonfoliated |
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