Sedimentary rock-forming process in which sediment grains are held together by natural cements that are produced when water moves through rock and soil
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loose materials, such as rock fragments, mineral grains, and the remains of once-living plants and animals, that have been moved by wind, water, ice, or gravity
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Process that forms sedimentary rocks when layers of sediments are compressed by the weight of layers above them
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Two types of metamorphic rock
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Describes metamorphic rock whose mineral grains line up in parallel layers
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Describes metamorphic rock whose mineral grains grow and rearrange but generally do not form layers
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Three types of Sedimentary rock
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How are sedimentary rocks are formed?
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The three ways that metamorphic rock forms
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Molten rock that flows from volcanoes onto Earth's surface
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Hot, melted rock beneath Earth’s surface
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________ ______ based on how fast or slow magma or lava cools
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Crystal size when magma or lava cools quickly
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Crystal size when magma or lava cools slowly
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Crystal size when magma cools super fast
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Properties used to identify minerals
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How hard a mineral is
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describes the way a mineral reflects light from its surface: can be metallic or nonmetallic
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ratio of a mineral’s weight compared with the weight of an equal volume of water
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Color of a mineral when it is in powdered form
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physical property of some minerals that causes them to break with uneven, rough, or jagged surfaces
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Physical property of some minerals that causes them to break along smooth, flat surfaces
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