Front

What type of rock forms when lava cools and crystallizes?

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Extrusive Igneous Rock

Front

What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?

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By how they form

Front

What type of rock forms from minerals in solutions or sediment being pressed and cemented together?

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Sedimentary Rock

Front

What are the three major types of rocks?

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Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

Front

Which type of metamorphic rock has minerals arranged in bands or stripes?

Back

Foliated Metamorphic Rock

Front

What type of rock forms from the cooling of magma beneath the Earth's surface?

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Intrusive Igneous Rock

Front

What process involves the transformation of existing rock types into metamorphic rock?

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Metamorphism

Front

What is the term for the process of sediment being compacted and cemented to form sedimentary rock?

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Lithification

Front

What type of rock is formed from the alteration of existing rocks due to heat and pressure?

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Metamorphic Rock

Front

What is the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks?

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Intrusive rocks form below the surface; extrusive rocks form above the surface.