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All About Rocks!!!

Are you ready to be a geologist or do you just see lumps on the ground? Practice your vocabulary to see what you know!

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RockA mixture of glass, organic material and minerals
IgneousA type of rock that is made from molten rock
SedimentaryA type of rock that is made up from sediments of other rocks or made chemically
MetamorphicA type of rock that is created from other rocks that have been subjected to extremem heat and pressure
ExtrusiveA type of igneous rock that has large crystals because it cooled slowly inside the Earth
IntrusiveA type of igneous rock that has small crystals because it cooled quickly outside the Earth
ClasticA type of sedimentary rock that is made up from sediments of other rocks
Non-clasticA type of sedimentary rock that is made chemically
FoliatedA type of metamorphic rock that has layers or bands of minerals on it
Non-FoliatedA type of metamorphic rock that does not have lines or bands
Rock CycleA diagram that shows how rocks are recycled and change from one to the other
Weathering and ErosionProcesses that help wear down rocks to create sediment
Compaction and CementationProcesses that take sediment and then create a sedimentary rock from that sediment
MeltingProcess where rocks turn back into magma
CoolingProcess where rocks are created out of magma
Heat and PressureThe two things needed to make a metamorphic rock


7th Grade Life Science
Wilder Middle School
VA

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