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Magma that cools below the Earth's surface forms _____ rock
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extrusive metamorphic
intrusive metamorphic
intrusive igneous
extrusive igneous
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Sedimentary rocks are usually classified as ______
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clastic, chemical, or organic
foliated or nonfoliated
intrusive or extrusive
basaltic, granitic, or andesitic
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Magma that cools below the Earth's surface forms _____ rock
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Sedimentary rocks are usually classified as ______
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Igneous rocks from from _____ when it cools
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Foliated rocks are distinguished by ______
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All of the following conditions in Earth can cause metamorphic rocks to form EXCEPT ____
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A classification of metamorphic rocks would include whether they are ______.
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Sedimentary Rocks are ______
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Clastic rocks are _____
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A rock is always _____
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The crystals that form in slowly cooled magma produce ____ mineral grains
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A clastic rock is named according to _____
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When lava cools at the Earth's surface, _____ igneous rocks are formed
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Metamorphic rocks with a nonfoliated texture show metamorphic changes that involve _____
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Sedimentary rocks formed from the remains of once-living things are _____
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An igneous rock that has holes in it indicated that when it formed it contained ______
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The rock cycle is a model that indicated that each type of rock can ______
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How do chemical sedimentary rocks form?
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What kind of rock is sandstone?
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What kind of rock is granite?
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What kind of rock is rock salt (halite)
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What kind of rock is obsidian?
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What kind of rock is gneiss
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What kind of rock is slate?
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What kind of rock is conglomerate?
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The movement of material from the place it originally formed
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The process in which rock is exposed to air, water, or ice and breaks into pieces
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loose materials such as rock fragments, mineral grains, and remains of plants and animals
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The process in which pressure from the upper layers of sediment pushes down on the lower layers, causing the sediments to stick together and form solid rock
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The process in which minerals hold sediment together, like glue, making a clastic sedimentary rock
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What are 3 ways that tectonic plates can affect the rock cycle?
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What are the 2 main ways all rocks are classified?
