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| is one of the particles that make up a rock. |
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| is a solid material made up of one or more minerals or other substances, including the remains of once-living things. |
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| Individuals who study the physical and Chemical characteristics of mineral and rocks |
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| refers to the size, shape, and arrangement of a rock’s grains. |
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| the study of the planet Earth, including the surface and interior. |
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| forms when magma or lava cools and hardens. |
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| Igneous rock formed from magma beneath the surface of the earth. |
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| Igneous rock forms from lava on the surface of the earth. |
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| forms when particles of rock and other materials are pressed and stuck together through cementation and compaction. |
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| particles or rock or material from living things. |
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| the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil along the earths surface. |
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| The process by which sediments settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it, and is deposit |
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| Rock that is created through heat and pressure |
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| is a series of processes on and beneath the Earth’s surface that slowly change rocks from one kind to another. |
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| sedimentary rock that have pieces of rock that have been pressed and stuck together |
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| sedimentary rock formed from the remains of plants and animals |
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| sedimentary rock that is formed from dissolved minerals come out of solution and form crystals. |
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| The process through which rain, sleet, ice, extreme hot and cold temperatures fracture or break rock into sediments. |
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