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the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's crust rock forming minerals
a usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continenatl crust granite
a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust basalt
a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface igneous rock
a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together sedimentary rock
a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions metamorphic rock
igneous rock that forms from lava on Earths surface extrusive rock
igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earths surface intrusive rock
a material found in magma thst is formed from the elements oxygen and silicon silica
small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms ; earth materials deposited by erosion sediment
the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil erosion
process in which sediment is laid down in new locations deposition
the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight compaction
the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together in one mass cementation
sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure clastic rock
sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers organic rock
sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution chemical rock
a structure of calcite skeletons bulit up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water coral reef
term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands foliated
a series of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another rock cycle
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