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Earth Sci Ch 4 Voc 1
Earth Sci Ch 4 Voc part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| natural, solid mixture of minerals or grains | rock |
| geologists call the fragments that make 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 earth’s surface | lava |
| rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water as rocks erode | sediment |
| the series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock | rock cycle |
| when volcanic material erupts and cools and crystallization 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 rock |