Rock Cycle
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| grain | the particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture
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| texture | the look and feel of a rock's surface, determined by the size, shape, and pattern of a rock's grain
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| granite | a usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust
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| rock cycle | a series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another
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| extrusive rock | igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surface
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| clastic rock | sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure
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| organic rock | sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers
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| chemical rock | sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution
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| metamorphic rock | a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions
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| intrusive rock | igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface
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| rock-forming material | any of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's crust
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| compaction | the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight
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| deposition | process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
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| basalt | a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust
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| cementration | the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into 1 mass
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| sedimentary rock | a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
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| sediment | small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms; earth materials deposited by erosion
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| weathering | the chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances
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| foliated | term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands
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| erosion | the processes by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil
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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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