Slower rate of cooling causes this; Larger crystalline grains.

The process that presses/ squeezes sediments together.

Washing rock away by wind or water from one location to another.

Indicates magma that rapidly cooled at or near the Earth's surface. Individual minerals are relatively small.

Repetitive layering of rocks in metamorphic rocks.

The long period of time occupied by the earth's geologic history.

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.

A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.

A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence.

Rock in liquid/melted form. (ex. Magma)

Form from the accumulation of plant and animal debris. (Ex: Coal)

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.