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Rock types
Rock Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adjacent | next to / near |
| Element | substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances |
| Igneous rock | rocks that form from molten magma (melted rock) |
| Metamorphic rock | rock formed from other rocks by adding heat, pressure, or chemicals |
| Rock | a solid made up of minerals combined together |
| Rock cycle | series of steps by which rocks are slowly changed from one kind of rock to another |
| Sedimentary rock | rock formed from pieces of other rocks or the remains of once-living things |
| Texture | the size, shape, and arrangement of minerals or grains in a rock |
| Uniformitarianism | the processes that have shaped the Earth in the past are the same as those today |
| Uplift | movement of rock from deep underground to the surface |