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Rock cycle
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The process by which one rock type changes into another rock type
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Composition
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The make-up of a rock
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Intrusive rock
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Igneous rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies beneath the earths surface
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Foliated
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The texture of metamorphic rock in which mineral grains are alligned
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Extrusive rock
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Igneous rock that forms when lava colls and solidifies on the earth surface
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Igneous rock
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Rock that forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies
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Stratification
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The layering of sedimentary rock
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Lava
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Hot liquid that erupts onto the earth's surface
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Magma
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Hot liquid that forms when rock partailly or completely melts
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Sedimentary rock
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Rock that forms when sediments are pressed and cemented together
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Texture
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The sizes, shapes, and arrangement of particles or grains that make up a rock
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Metamorphic rock
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Rock that forms when the texture ans composition of PRE-EXSISTING rock change due to heat or pressure
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Fissures
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Long cracks on the earth's surface
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Nonfoliated
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The texture of metamorphic rock in which mineral grains show no allignment
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Rock
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The solid mixture of crystals of one or more minerals
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