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| A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals of organic matter. |
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| The series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geological processes. |
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| The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another. |
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| The process in which material is laid down. |
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| The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock. |
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| The quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and positions of the rock's grains. |
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| Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earth's surface. |
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| Rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity at or near the Earth's surface. |
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| The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers. |
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| The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands. |
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| The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arrnaged in planes or bands. |
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