Types of Rocks

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What are small, solid pieces of weathered material that come from rocks or living things?

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Sediment

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What type of rock forms from squishing together smaller weathered pieces of rock?

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Clastic sedimentary rock

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What characteristic is unique to sedimentary rocks?

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Fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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What happens to magma that cools slowly?

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It forms coarse-grained intrusive igneous rocks with large crystals.

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What is the name of the metamorphic rock that has a foliated texture and contains coarse-grained bands of flattened minerals?

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Gneiss

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What process involves the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?

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Weathering

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What is the process by which sediment is transported from one location to another?

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Erosion

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What type of sedimentary rock forms from the accumulation of plant or animal remains?

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Organic sedimentary rock

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What type of sedimentary rock forms from the precipitation of minerals from water?

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Chemical sedimentary rock

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What is the term for the process that changes existing rocks into metamorphic rocks?

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Metamorphism