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Science Rocks/Stuff

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texture   the look and feel of the rock's surface  
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grains   particles of minerals or other suface  
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What do geologist study when trying to identify a rock sample?   they study its color texture and ditermine its mineral compostion  
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What are the three major rock groups?   Igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks  
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Large Grain   Coarse  
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Small Grain   Fine-grained  
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Shape: Mineral Crystals   Crystalline  
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Shape: Rock Fragments   Rounded or Jagged  
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Pattern: Layered   Banded  
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Pattern: Random Grains   nonbanded  
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No crystal Grains   smooth, glassy  
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Name the three major groups of rock and discribe how they are formed   Igneous- lava, Sedimentary- different peices of other rocks, Metamorphic- deep in the crust  
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What tests do geologists use to identify minerals in rocks?   they cut a peice of the rock and look at it under a microscope, acid, break it, magnets  
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the look and feel of a rocks surface is its _______.   texture  
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The particles of minerals or other rocks that make up a rock are called _________.   grains  
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Slow cooling of magma far beneath Earth's surface   coarse grained, large crystal  
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Magma cooling in two stages, first slowly then quickly   Porphyritic  
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Extremely rapid cooling of lava in which no crystals form   Glassy- no crystals  
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Rapid cooling of lava in which tiny crystals form   fine grained, small crystals  
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Explain how the silica content of molten materials affects the color of Igneous rocks   High silica= light color, low silica= dark color  
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What qualities of igneous rocks have long made them useful for tools and building materials   hard, dense, durible  
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Describe one use for each igneous rocks granite, basalt, and pumice   granite- statues, decoration, counters Basalt- construction, pumice- cleaning and polishing  
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Igneous rock formed from lava on Earth's surface is called ________ rock   extrusive  
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A rock with largee crystals scattered on a blackground of much smaller crystals has a(n)_________ texture.   porphyritic  
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Igneous rock formed from magma below Earth's surface is called_________ rock.   intrusive  
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Prossess that forms sedimentary rock   erosion -> deposition -> compaction -> cementation  
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Sandstone, Conglomerate, Breccia, Shale   Clastic  
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Limestone made from shells, coal   Organic  
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Loimestone made from precipitated calcite, rock salt   Chemical  
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erosion   the process in which running water, wind, or ice loosen and carry away rock fragments  
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clastic rock   sedimentary rock that forms when rock rock fragments are squeezed together  
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sediment   small, solid peices of material from rocks or living things  
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cementation   the process in which dissolved minerals crystalize and glue sediments together  
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organic rock   sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of plants or animals  
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compaction   the process that presses sediments together  
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chemical rock   sedimentary rock that forms when minerals dissolved in a solution crystallize  
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deposition   the process by which sediment settles out of wind or water  
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Collisions between Earth's plates push rock down toward the heat of Earth's _______.   Mantle  
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As the rock is buried deeper ini the crust, ________ also increases on the rock.   pressure  
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The rock is squeezed so tightly that the _____ of the rock change, creating metamorphic rock.   grain  
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What characteristics do geologists use to classify metamorphic rocks?   The arragement of the grains that make up the rock, layers=foileated no layers=non-foliated  
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non-foliated   marble  
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foliated   slate, gneiss  
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