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Rocks and minerals
6th grade vocabulary
Term | Definitions |
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Compaction | When mud or sediment press together in a layer in water by gravity and the water is squeezed out and this make rocks |
Igneous | Rock made from lava or magma that cools and form or make rock |
Metamorphic rock | Rock formed or made deep underground from heat and pressure |
Mineral | A naturally made inorganic solid with specific Chemical makeup that repeats. One kind of pure natural solid |
Mineral Composition | Combination of solid elements and compounds that make up a mineral |
Rock cycle | The cycle that make rocks where rocks change into another rocks |
Sedimentary Rock | Rocks formed or made when mud or sediments lay in stacks in water is squeezed out to make rocks |