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Rocks and Minerals

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RocksThese form mountains, beaches and the ocean floor. They are "Earths building blocks."
Sedimentary RocksRocks that have been formed from particlesthat have been carried alog and diposited by wind and water.
Metamorphic RocksAre rocks that are formed when chemical reactionstremendous heat and/or great pressure change existing rocks into new kinds of rocks.
Igneous RocksAre rocks that were originally hot, fluid magma within the Earth.
Rock CycleThe continues changing of rocks from one kind to another over long periods of time.
Extrusive RocksThese rocks are formed from lava. An example of this kind of rock is Igneous Rock. (The answer IS NOT Igneous Rock.)
Intrusive RocksIgneous Rocks that form deep in the Earth.
MetamorphisimChanges that are conducted by large ammounts of heat pressure and/or Chemical reactions. Hint=NOT Metamorphic Rocks!
Calasyic RocksRocks that are Sedimentary Rocks that are made of fragments of preiviously existing rocks are known as...
Organic RocksThese rocks are formed either directly or indirectly from material that was once living.
Chemical RocksThis type of rock is formed when sedimentary and other types of rocks that formed in the sea dry up, leaving large ammounts of of minerals that were dissolved by water. This type of mineral creates spectacular formations.
SedimentsThese particles include bits of rock that form f mud, sand, bones, shells, bones leaves and other remains of living things. Hint= This is NOT Sedimentary Rocks.


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