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The Solid Earth - 2A

Chapter 2 - Rocks


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Made of mineralsrocks
Form when hot, melted rock material cools and hardensigneous rocks
Molten rock material that forms deep within the Earthmagma
Magma that reaches the Earth's surfacelava
An igneous rock, called natural glass, which is black and glassyobsidian
Rocks that form at Earth's surface when sediments harden into rocksedimentary rocks
Bits of existing rocks, minerals, and organic materialssediments
The binding of sedimentscementation
Forms when shells of dead sea animals become cemented togetherlimestone
Any remains or evidence of an organism from the pastfossil
New rocks that form when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure or chemicalsmetamorphic rocks
Forms when shale is exposed to changes in temperature and pressureslate
Forms when limestone is changed by heat and pressuremarble