| A | B |
|---|
| Intrusive | Including or tending to intrude Relating ot igneous rock tha tis forcved while molten into cracks or between layers of rock |
| Cementation | a step in the lithification process where minerals dissolved in colution fil open pour spaces between sediment granules and re-crystallize binding the indivitual grains together. |
| compaction | A step in the lithification process that occurs as the weight of the overlying material compresses buried sidiment |
| crystallization | the formation and growth of minerals from a liquid or a gas |
| extrusive | a type of igneous rock that forms on or very near the Earth's surface |
| foliated | composed of thin easily separable layers |
| Molten | fused or liquilied by heat molten lava |
| Magma | molten rock beneath earth's surface |
| Lava | molten rock that erupts at the Earth's surface |
| weathering | chemical and mechanical processes at or near earth's surface that break down materials such as rocks and minerals |
| Heat and Pressure | Metamorphic Rock Formation from sedimentary rocks is caused by heat and pressure |
| fossils | remains |
| Organic | Comes from a once living organism |
| Inorganic | Mineral that is not once living. |
