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Rocks

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What are the three major groups of rock?   show
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show extrusive and intrusive  
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What are three characteristics that geologists use to classify rocks?   show
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show clastic, organic, chemical  
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What are the two types of metamorphic rocks?   show
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show foliated  
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show smooth and shiny with no visible grain  
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show coarse grained.  
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show the size, shape, and the pattern of the rock's grains  
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show smelting  
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show marble and slate  
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show the rock cycle  
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show the heat of the mantle.  
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show intrusive.  
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The process by which sediment SETTLES OUT of the water or wind carrying it is...   show
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Overtime, coral buried by sediments can turn into...   show
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Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface can change a rock into...   show
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Rock that forms from cooling magma or lava is called...   show
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Geologists classify metamorphic rock according to...   show
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Metamorphic rocks that are nonfoliated...   show
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show extrusive rock  
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show cementation  
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show no visible grain  
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Foliated and nonfoliated are terms used to describe the texture of...   show
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When seas or lakes evaporate, a type of sedimentary rock called a _______ rock can form.   show
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show erosion  
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show sedimentary  
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As layer upon layer of sediments are deposited, the process of ______ presses them together.   show
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______ is NOT a sedimentary rock.   show
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show chemical  
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Coal is an example of _______ rock   show
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show coal  
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