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Chapter 4 - ROCKS

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Molten rock undergroundmagma
Molten rock above groundlava
Metamorphic rocks that show banded minerals are ___.foliated
Rocks made of fragments are ___.clastic
Igneous rocks that form underground are ___ rocks.intrusive
Igneous rocks that form above ground are ___ rocks.extrusive
The concept that each type of rock can form other rocks is called the ___ ___.rock cycle
The texture of an intrusive rock would be ___ - grainedlarge or coarse
The texture of an extrusive rock would be ___ - grainedfine or small
A rock is a mixture of ___.minerals
A rock that will float on waterpumice
Limestone metamorphoses into ___.marble
Sandstone metamorphoses into ___.quartzite
Granite metamorphoses into ___.gneiss
Shale metamorphoses into ___.slate
Phyllite metamorphoses into ___.schist
Slate metamorphoses into ___.phyllite
Rock formed by heat and pressure.metamorphic
Sediments compressed together.compaction
A rock made up of large, rounded pebbles that are cemented together.conglomerate
A black, glassy, igneous rock.obsidian
An igneous rock made up of mica, feldspar, quartz, and hornblende.granite
Process that breaks down rocks.weathering
Process that transports rock particles by wind, water, or gramity.erosion
Granite have the same composition but differ in their crystal ___.texture
Texture and mineral ___ are used to classify igneous rocks.composition
Another name for the mineral crystals in cooling magma or lava.grains
As the depth into the earth's crust increases, the temperature ___.increases
Force over a surface that flattens mineral grains into layers.pressure
Rocks that form from lava or magma.igneous
No rocks of this type will react to the hydrochloric acid test.igneous
Hydrochloric acid will detect the presence of the mineral ___.calcite
A rock formed after water evaporated away, leaving the minerals behind is a ___ rock.nonclastic
A rock made up of broken sea shells cemented together is ___.coquina
Rocks formed from sediments pressed or cemented together.sedimentary
Bits of weathered rock, minerals, plands, and animals that have been eroded.sediments
Different crystal sizes are due to variations in ___.cooling
In a cooling magma, this mineral is the last to crystalize.quartz
Silicate minerals contain the elements silicon and ___.oxygen
Because of increased pressure at greater depths, the melting point of rocks ___.decreases

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