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Metamorphic rock | Rock that has been changed by intense heat, pressure, and chemical reactions |
Extrusive rock | Igneous rock that forms from cooled lava on the Earth's surface |
Lava | Magma that comes out onto Earth's surface |
Sediment | Solid material, such as sand, soil, pebbles, and organic matter, that is carried in air, water, or ice and settles out |
Organic rock | Sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of living things |
Chemical rock | Sedimentary rock that forms from chemicals dissolved in water |
Sedimentary rock | Rock formed from pieces of other rock and organic matter that have been pressed and cemented together |
Igneous rock | Rock formed from melted minerals that have cooled and hardened |
Texture | Size of crystals in an igneous rock |
Magma | Hot, liquid rock inside the Earth |
Nonfoliated rock | Metamorphic rock that does not show bands |
Rock cycle | Series of natural changes that cause one type of rock to become another type of rock |
Clastic rock | Sedimentary rock made mainly from fragments of other rocks |
Intrusive rock | Igneous rock that forms underground from cooled magma |
Foliated rock | Metamorphic rock in which minerals have been rearranged into visible bands |
Conglomerate | Clastic rock made of rounded pebbles cemented together |
Rock | Natural, solid material made of one or more minerals |