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Rocks are a mixture of crystals of one or more minerals. Rocks help built structures examples: pyramids › They were used as carving tools
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RRock cycle is the rock types change into another rock type. 11. compaction and cementation 22.metamorphism 33. melting 44. cooling 55. solidification 66. weathering 77. erosion 88. deposition
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Rock that forms when sediments are compacted and cemented together. Weathering and erosion
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Form from heat and pressure
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Forms from cooling of magma Melting and cooling
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Composition is what the minerals in the rocks are made of Texture is determined by sizes, shapes, and positions.
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Intrusive- cools beneath the surface Extrusive- forms on the surface
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SStrata is layers that form from deposition of sediment CClastic forms when rock or mineral fragments stick together SStratification layering of sedimentary rock
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Foliated is when minerals are aligned Non-foliated is when metamorphic rocks do not appear to have any regular pattern
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