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Sedimentary rocks can form in deep ocean basins, low-lying coastal deltas, river channels, and floodplains, even in basins between mountains.
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Metamorphic rocks are form by heat and pressure The texture or mineral composition of a rock can change when its surroundings change.
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Igneous rocks are form from: Temperature Pressure Composition
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Magma is the hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts. The minerals a rocks is made of determine the composition of the rock. Texture of rock is determined by the sizes, shapes, and positions of the grains of which it is made.
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Intrusive-when magma cools beneath the earth’s surface Extrusive- forms on the earth’s surface.
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The most noticeable feature of sedimentary rocks is its strata. The most characteristic feature of a sedimentary rock is stratification.
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Foliated-metamorphic rock consists of minerals that are aligned and look almost like pages in book. Nonfoliated-metamorphic rocks does not appear to have any regular pattern.
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