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Chapter 2 - Rocks

Vocabulary Terms

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a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter rock
a continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material rock cycle
The process by which sediment is removed from its source erosion
The process in which sediment moved by erosion is dropped and comes to rest deposition
The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock composition
The quality of a rock that is based on the size, shape, and position of the rock's grains texture
when magma pushes into surrounding rock below the Earth's surface and cools intrusive igneous rock
magma that erupts onto the Earth's surface extrusive igneous rock
layers of rock strata
the process by which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers stratification
the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands foliated
the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands nonfoliated
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