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Science Test

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What is the rock cycle?   all rock type can change into each other. ( sedimentery, igneous, metamorphic)  
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bowen reaction series   why certain types of mineral sare found togethers and others arn't  
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porphyritic   large crystal sin igneous rocks  
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vesicular   extrusive structures in glassy igneous  
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felsic   light  
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mafic   dark  
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grain size   the faster it cools the smaller the grains  
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intrusions   inside the earth  
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extrusions   out sid ethe earth  
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granite   hard igneous rock mostly quartz, mica and feldspar  
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obsidian   hard dark gaslike volcanic rock  
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basalt   dark fine grained volcanicn rock  
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pumice   very light and porus volcanic rock  
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compacction   minerals are squeezed together  
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cementation   glued together by minerals in water  
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chemical sedimentary rocks   precipitation of minerals by water  
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organic sedimentary rocks   rocks formed form the remains of organisms  
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clastic sedimentary rocks   composed of fragments of already existing rocks  
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angularity   smoothness of particles  
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halite   rock salt  
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coal   sedimentary rock  
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limestone   sedimentary rock mostly formed of fragments of marine organsims fossils  
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shale   fine grained clastic sedimentary rock  
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sandstone   clastic sedimentary rock composed of fine grains  
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conglomerate   course garined sedimentary rock made of round fragments  
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breccia   rocks with angular fragments cemented together  
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contact metamorphism   metamorphism that comes in contact with anigneous intrusion  
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regional metamorphism   affecting rocks over a large scale area from heat and pressure  
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lithosphere   outside of the earth consisting of the crust and uppoer mantle  
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athenosphere   upper layer of the matle beneath the litheospher  
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slate   fine grained gray, green or blush metamorphic rocks that can be easliy split apart  
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schist   course grained metamorphic that consits of layers of different layers.  
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Gneiss   metamorphic rock with banded structure  
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Quartzite   extremely compact hard ganular rock  
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Marble   hard crystaline metamorphic form of limestone  
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divergent boundry   two boundries moving away from each other  
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convergent boundry   one plate moves over another  
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transform boundry   slide from the side  
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subduction zones   zones where plates collide  
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evidence of plate boundries   similar fossils on continents far away from each other  
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examples of plate boundries   Mid ocean ridge, san andreas fault  
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