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Vocab Word about Rocks

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Definition
Rock   a solid substance made of 2 or more minerals  
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Rock Cycle   a never-ending cycle of rocks changing into different rocks  
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Igneous Rock   rocks made by volcanoes *fire rocks  
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Metamorphic Rocks   rocks made by heat and pressure deep inside the Earth *changed rocks  
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Sedimentary Rocks   rocks made by sediments being compacted and cemented together *layered rocks  
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Intrusive Igneous Rocks   igneous rocks that are made inside the volcano *cool slowly and have large crystals  
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Extrusive Igneous Rocks   igneous rocks that are made outside of the volcanoe *cool quickly and have small or no crystals  
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Magma   melted rock inside the Earth  
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Lava   melted rock on the Earth's surface  
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Sediment   small pieces of broken rocks  
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Coal   sedimentary rock made from dead plants  
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Limestone   sedimentary rock made from sea shells  
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Organism   a living thing  
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Metamorphism   the process by which rocks change into different rocks through heat and pressure  
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Foliated   metamorphic rocks with minerals that form bands *Gneiss  
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Non-Foliated   metamorphic rocks with minerals in random order *Marble  
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Erosion   when sediments are transported from one place to another  
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Deposition   when sediments are deposited in a new location  
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Weathering   when rocks break down into sediments  
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Organic Rocks   sedimentary rocks made by dead organisms *coal and limestone  
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Clastic Rocks   sedimentary rocks made by pieces being cemented together *shale, conglomerate, sandstone  
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Chemical Rocks   sedimentary rocks made by chemicals *rock salt and chert  
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Pumice   extrusive igneous rock  
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Granite   intrusive igneous rock  
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Obsidian   extrusive igneous rock  
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Fine-grained   igneous rocks with small crystals *extrusive  
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Coarse-grained   igneous rocks with large crystals *intrusive  
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Sandstone   clastic, sedimentary rock made from sand  
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Conglomerate   clastic, sedimentary rock made from pebbles  
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Rock Salt   chemical, sedimentary rock  
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Slate   foliated, metamorphic rock made from shale  
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Marble   non-foliated, metamorphic rock made from limestone  
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Gneiss   foliated, metamorphic rock made from granite  
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Surface mining   mining done on the surface strip mining and panning  
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Deep mining   mining done deep in the Earth drilling, digging, and blasting  
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Ore   a substance mined for a valuable mineral  
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Copper   main mineral mined in Arizona  
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Diamond   hardest mineral  
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MOHS hardness scale   a scale used to find the hardness of a mineral (1-10)  
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Fluorescence   a mineral test that uses a UV light  
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Magnetism   a mineral test that determines if the mineral is magnetite *use a compass or a magnet  
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Acid Test   a mineral test that uses acid to determine if the mineral has carbonate in it  
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