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mixture of minerals, volcanic glass, organic matter, or other material   show
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model showing processes that create and change rock   show
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rock can be changed by heat and pressure into metamorphic rock   show
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rock can melt and cool to form igneous rock   show
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show igneous  
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rock cycle never destroys elements of rocks, but merely redistributes them   show
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show James Hutton  
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show igneous rock  
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show lava  
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show intrusive  
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magma cooling at or near Earth's surface forms small-grained ____ igneous rocks   show
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show basaltic  
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show iron and magnesium  
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basaltic lava flows _____ from a volcano   show
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_____ igneous rocks are lower density and lighter colored   show
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show thick and stiff  
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granitic igneous rocks contain more _____ and less iron and magnesium   show
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show andesitic  
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show size  
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volcanic glass rocks ____ so quickly that few crystals form   show
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some rocks have ____ formed around once-trapped air and other gases   show
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igneous rocks are _____ in two ways   show
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where the igneous rock was formed- ____ (under the Earth's surface) or _____ (at or near the Earth's surface)   show
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_____ type- basaltic, granitic, or andesitic   show
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show temperature and pressure  
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_____ and _____ result from one layer of rock on top of another layer   show
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sometimes temperature and pressure are great enough to ____ rock, forming magma   show
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sometimes pressure ____ mineral grains in rocks without melting them   show
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as pressure and temperature continue to increase over time, one type of rock can change in _____ ______ metamorphic rocks   show
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show fluids  
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classification of metamorohic rocks- by composition and ____   show
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show foliated  
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_______ texture- mineral grains grow and rearrange but do not form layers   show
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______ rocks- mostly found on the exposed surface of Earth   show
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show sediments  
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show layers  
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sedimentary rocks- ______ by what they were made of and how they were formed   show
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show detrital  
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when layers of small sediments stick together because of pressure, ____ occurs   show
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show cementation  
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Detrital rocks have a ______ texture   show
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show shape and size  
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Sediments can be _____ or have _____ angles   show
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sediment size can be small like____ or large like _____   show
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chemical sedimentary rocks- non-clastic rocks formed when dissolved _____ came out of solution   show
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limestone forms from _____, which was calcium carbonate in solution   show
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show halite  
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show remains  
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show chalk  
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show coal  
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show continuous  
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