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a natural, solid mixture of minerals or grains
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geologist call the fragments that make up a rock
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a natural, solid mixture of minerals or grains rock
geologist call the fragments that make up a rock grains
grain size and the way grains fit together in a rock texture
molten or liquid rock underground magma
molten rock that erupts on Earths surface lava
rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water as rocks erode sediment
series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock rock cycle
volcanic material erupts and cools and crystallizes on Earth's surface, it forms a type of igneous rock extrusive rock
rock that forms when lava cools too quickly to form crystals volcanic glass
igneous rocks that form as magma cools underground intrusive rocks
weight from the layers of sediment forces out fluids and decreases the space between grains compaction
minerals dissolved in water crystallize between sediment grains cementation
sedimentary rocks that are made up of broken pieces of minerals and rock fragments clastic rocks
broken pieces and fragments clasts
from when minerals crystallize directly from water chemical rocks
a sedimentary rock that was formed by organisms or contains the remains of organisms biochemical rock
any process that affects the structure or composition of a rock in a solid state as a result of changes in temperature, pressure, or the addition of chemical fluids metamorphism
permanent change in shape by bending and folding plastic deformation
contain parallel layers of flat and elongated minerals foliated rocks
metamorphic rocks that have mineral grains with a random, interlocking texture nonfoliated rocks
magma comes in contact with existing rock, and its thermal energy and gases interact with the surrounding rock, forming new metamorphic rock contact metamorphism
the formation of metamorphic rock bodies that are hundreds of square kilometers in size regional metamorphism
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