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Ch. 5 Sec. 1,2,3,4,5

Chapter 5, Section 1,2,3,4,5, Key Terms

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Rock Forming Mineral Minerals that form rocks
Granite Light-colored rock that has high silica content
Basalt Dark-colored rock that has low silica content
Grains Rocks that are made if particles of other rocks or minerals
Igneous Rock Forms from colling magma or lava
Sedimentary Rock Forms when particles of other rocks or the remains of plants and animalsare pressed and cemented together
Metamorphic Rock Forms when an existing rock is changed by heat, prasure, or chemical reactions
Extrusive Rock Igneous rock that formed when lava hardened beneath Earth's suface
Intrusive Rock Igneous rock that formed when magma hardened beneath Earth's surface
Sediment Small, solid pecies of material that come from rocks or living things
Erosion Running water, wind, or ice loosen and carry away fragments of rock
Deposition The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it
Compaction The process that presses sediments together
Cementation The process in which dissolved minerals crystalize and glue particles of sediment together
Clastic Rock Forms when rock fragments are squeezed together
Organic Rock Forms where the remains of a plants and animals are deposited in thick layers
Chemical Rock Forms when dissolved minerals in a solution crystalize
Coral Reef Skeletions of coral animals that grow together to form a structure
Foliated Metamorphic rock with grains that are arranged in parallel layers
Non-foliated Metamorphic rock with grains that are arranged in random order
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