Rocks 10 Cards Flashcards
Science vocab igneous - rocks formed from magma cooling sedimentary - rocks form from sediments compacted and cemented together metamorphic - rocks changed by temperature, pressure, and hot fluids rock cycle - model showing the processes that create and change rocks magma - molten minerals or rock beneath Earth's surface mineral - inorganic, solid with a defined, crystalline structure, and orderly arrangement of atoms rock - naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals, or organic m
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sedimentary
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rocks form from sediments compacted and cemented together
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igneous
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rocks formed from magma cooling
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metamorphic
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rocks changed by temperature, pressure, and hot fluids
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rock cycle
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model showing the processes that create and change rocks
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magma
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molten minerals or rock beneath Earth’s surface
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mineral
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inorganic, solid with a defined, crystalline structure, and orderly arrangement of atoms
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rock
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naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals, or organic matter
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erosion
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removal (movement) or rocks by wind or water flow
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extrusive
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igneous rock that cools quickly above Earth’s surface (small crystals)
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intrusive
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igneous rock that cools slowly within Earth (large crystals)
