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rocks

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Which rock is only formed by regional metamorphism?   show
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Wavy bands of light and dark minerals visible in gneiss bedrock probably formed from the   show
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Which sedimentary rock is most likely to be changed to slate during regional metamorphism?   show
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The rock shown below has foliated texture and contains the minerals amphibole, quartz and feldspar arranged in coarse-grained bands   show
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Which physical characteristic best describes the rock phyllite?   show
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Which rock is foliated shows mineral alignment but not banding and contains medium-sized grains of quartz and pyroxene?   show
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show shale-slate-phyllite-schist-gneiss  
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show marble  
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show regionally metamorphosed rocks  
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show conglomerate  
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Which land-derived sedimentary rock could have formed by the compaction and cementation of particles smaller than 0.0003 centimeters in diamteter?   show
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Which type of rock is represented by the map symbol below?   show
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Which characteristic determines whether a rock is classified as shale, a siltstone, a snastone or a conglomerate?   show
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show Source material eroded- sediments deposited-sediments compacted and cemented  
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What do each of these areas of mineral deposits have in common?   show
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Limestone, gypsum and salt are rocks formed by the processes of   show
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Which process could lead directly to the formation of pumice rock?   show
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show solidification  
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show noncrystalline glassy texture  
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Igneous rocks   show
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show magma cools slowly, large crystals form  
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show lava cools quickly, small or no crystals form, may be vesicular and contains air bubbles  
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show Generally form from the compaction and cementation of sediments  
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show compacted sediment, classified by size  
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show evaporates, precipitates and biological matter  
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Metamorphic rock   show
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Contact metamorphism   show
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show pressure  
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show how they form ( origin )  
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show lava that stays underground / melted rock underground  
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show lava that shoots out from the volcano  
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Intrusive igneous rocks   show
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Extrusive rocks   show
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Sedimentary rocks form from the   show
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show from when particles are compacted and cemented togther  
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show size of the sediment particles in the rock  
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show Form when water evaporates and leaves mineral crystals behind or when crystals form in water  
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Bioclastic Sed. Rocks   show
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Metamorphic rocks   show
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Regional Meta. Rocks   show
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show forms at the interface between magma and surrounding rock underground  
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