Rocks and Minerals
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- Q1The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.cementation30s
- Q2Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.chemical rock30s
- Q3sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressureclastic rock30s
- Q4A mineral's ability to split easily along flat surfaces.cleavage30s
- Q5the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weightcompaction30s
- Q6a solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and againcrystal30s
- Q7The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structurecrystallization30s
- Q8Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.deposition30s
- Q9The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soilerosion30s
- Q10Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth's surfaceextrusive rock30s
- Q11Term used to describe metamorphic rocks whose grains are arranged in parallel layers or bands.foliated30s
- Q12The way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular wayfracture30s
- Q13the particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texturegrains30s
- Q14a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surfaceigneous rock30s
- Q15Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface.intrusive rock30s