Ch.5 Vocab
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mccainisamazing on January 15, 2009
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science, science vocab, rocks, minerals, rocks and minerals
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 granite | generally light- colored rock that has high silica content |
| rock-forming mineral | one of the common minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth's crust |
| basalt | dark colored-rock, low silica content |
| grains | particles of minerals or other rocks |
| texture | look and feel of rock's surface |
| igneous rock | forms from cooling of magma or lava |
| sedimentary rock | forms when particles of other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together |
| metamorphic rock | forms when existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions |
| extrusive rock | igneous rock formed from lava that erupted into earth's surface |
| intrusive rock | igneous rock that formed when magma hardened beneath earth's surface |
| sediment | small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things |
| erosion | running water, wind, or ice loosen and carry away fragments of rock |
| deposition | process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it |
| compaction | process that presses sediments together |
| cementation | process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediments together |
| clastic rock | sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together |
| organic rock | forms where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers |
| chemical rock | forms when minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize |
| coral reef | structure formed from skeletons |
| foliated | mettamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel layers of bands |
| nonfoliated | mineral grains in rocks arranged randomly |
| rock cycle | series of proccesses on earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one another |
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