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Minerals And Rocks Review

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What are rocks that form when chemicals dissolve in water and minerals crystallize out of the solution?chemical sedimentary rocks
What happens when rock layers push up at an angle without bending?tilting
Name the scientists who studies fossils to see what life on earth was like millions of years ago.paleontologist
What types of rocks form when magma reaches the earth's surface, becomes lava, and cools quickly?extrustive rocks
What are the physcial remains of a plant or an animal preserved in rock or in the earth's crust?fossils
What is made up of particles of rock, sand, soil, and plant and animal remains?sediments
What do you call a scientist who studies the earth's history?geologist
What type of metamorphic rocks contains minerals that line up in flat layers or bands under heat and pressure?foliated metamorphic rocks
What is a bond to from natural glue?cement
What means, "pushup"?uplift
What is a sold found in nature that has specific form, structure, and features?mineral
What is a substance that is made up of only one kind of atom?element
What is a rock that forms when sediment compacts or cements in layers on the earth's surface without heat or pressure?sedimentary rock
What is it called when magma squeezes into cracks, cools, and hardens?intrusion



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