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Rocks And Minarals
We will use this in our rocks and minerals.
Term | Definition |
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cementation | the heating of two substances in contact in order to effect some change in one of them |
characteristics | |
classify | |
clastic rock | |
cleavage | |
compacted | |
conduct | |
crystal | |
crystallization | |
density | the amount of mass in a given |
deposition | |
erosion | the process in which small partials of soil and rock are carried away by glaciers |
extrusive rock | igneous rock that has cooled OUTSIDE of the Earth |
geologist | |
hardness | |
igneous | |
inorganic | |
intrusive rock | |
lava | hot, liquid rock above the Earth's surface |
lithification | |
luster | |
magma | |
magnetism | |
metamorphic | |
mineral | a non-living, solid material that was formed in nature and has particals arranged in a repeting patern |
nonfoliated | |
nonrenewabale | |
property | |
rock | |
rock cycle | |
sediment | |
sedimentary | |
streak | |
weathering | the process in which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by ice, water, wind, changes in temputure, plants, animals, or by chemicals |