SciFu U2L4 Vocab

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What forms when water, usually seawater, evaporates?

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Chemical sedimentary rock.

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What is a combination of one or more minerals or organic matter?

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Rock.

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What are metamorphic rocks that do NOT have mineral grains aligned in planes or bands called?

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Nonfoliated metamorphic rock.

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What rock forms when magma pushes into or intrudes surrounding rock below Earth's surface and cools?

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Intrusive igneous rock.

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What forms when sediments are buried, compacted, and cemented together by calcite or quartz?

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Clastic sedimentary rock.

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What type of rock is formed from the accumulation of organic material?

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Organic sedimentary rock.

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What is the process called when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces?

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Weathering.

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What is the term for the arrangement of minerals within a rock?

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Texture.

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What type of rock is formed from lava that cools quickly on the Earth's surface?

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Extrusive igneous rock.

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What is the term for the solid material that forms from the cooling of magma?

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Igneous rock.