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Igneous Rock | Rock that cam from the cooling and crystallization of molten material. |
Sedimentary Rock | Rocks from from the remains of plants and animals that are compacted and cemented together. |
Metamorphic Rock | When an already existing rock has its texture, structure and composition changed by heat and pressure. |
Extrusive Rock | Rock formed from the cooling of lava at Earth's surface. |
Intrusive Rock | Rock formed from the cooling of magma within Earth's lithosphere. |
Clastic Rock | Rock formed from particles of weathered rock |
Inorganic | A substance that cannot come from something once living. |
Organic Rock | A substance that is formed from a once living thing. |
Chemical Rock | Rock formed from dissolved elements in water that settle out of solution |
Rock Cycle | A series of processes that slowly change tocks from one kind to another |
Crystallization | The process by which atoms arrange to form a material with a crystal structure. |
Weathering | The chemical and physical processes that break down rock at Earth's surface. |