rock tests
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Texture | The look and feel of a rock's surface, determined by the size,shape,and pattern of the rock's grains.
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| Grain | A particle of mineral or other rock that gives a rock its texture.
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| Igneous Rock | A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
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| Metamorphic Rock | A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is cahnged by heat,pressure,or a chemical reaction.
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| Sedimentary Rock | A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plantes and animels are pressed and cemented together
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| Exstrusive Rock | Ignueus that forms from lava on earth's surface.
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| Intrusive Rock | Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath earth's surface.
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| Porphyritic Rock | An igneous rock in which large crystals are scatterd on the background of much smaller crystals.
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| Sedament | Small,solid pieces of material that comes from rock or organisms.
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| Erosion | The destructive proces in which water or wind loosen and carry away fragments of rock.
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| Deposition | The process by which sedament settles out of the water or wind that is carrying.
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| Compaction | The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
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| Cementation | The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue together into one mass.
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| Clastic Rock | Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezzed together under high pressure.
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| Organic Rock | Sedimentary rock that forms where remains of organisms are deposited in thick layers.
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| Chemical Rock | Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
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| Foliated | Metamorphic rocks whose grains are arranged in parallel layers or bands.
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| Nonfoliated | Metamorphic rocks with no bands or parallel layers
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| Rock Cycle | A series of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowly change rocks from one kind to another
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