Rocks and minerals

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Series of natural processes by which rocks are slowly changed from one kind of a rock to another.

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rock cycle

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Rock particles carried and deposited by water, wind & ice.

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sediment

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Rock particles carried and deposited by water, wind & ice.

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texture

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Rock formed when existing rock is changed by heat & pressure.

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metamorphic rock

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Magma that reaches earth’s surface.

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lava

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All rocks are made up of one or more.

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minerals

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Type of rock that can form on earth's surface as well as underground.

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igneous rock

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Sedimentary rock made up of dissolved minerals or the remains of living things.

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nonclastic rock

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Texture of metamorphic rock that has mineral crystals arranged in bands.

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foliated

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What processes change sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock?

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heat and pressure