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| A rock is_________________ |
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| a mixture of minerals, organic matter, volcanic glass or other material |
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| When melted minerals cool and harden they form what type of rock? |
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| Quartz is a mineral, like granite is a _______. |
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| The crystals that form in slowly cooling magma are generally what size? |
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| All rocks are similar because the are composed of what? |
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| The changes in the rock cycle create matter. True or false? |
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| The changes in the rock cycle destroy matter. True or false? |
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| The changes in the rock cycle never create nor destroy matter. True or false? |
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| The rock cycle indicates that each type of rock can provide materials to make other rocks. True or false? |
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| The rock cycle indicates that each type of rock can slowly change to form other types of rocks. True or false? |
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| The rock cycle indicates that each type of rock can be changed by natural processes. True or false? |
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| What type of rock forms when sediments are compacted and cemented? |
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| What type of rock forms when they undergo heat and pressure? |
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| Rocks do not change into other types of rocks. True or false? |
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| A model that shows how rocks slowly change from one type of rock to another type of rock is called __________. |
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| How are metamorphic rocks formed? |
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| How are igneous rocks formed? |
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| How are sedimentary rocks formed? |
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| Compaction and cementation |
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| What are some examples of Igneous rock? |
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| obsidian, basalt, pumice, granite |
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| What are some examples of Sedimentary rocks? |
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| shale, limestone, sandstone, conglomerate |
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| What are some examples of Metamorphic rock? |
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| Gneiss, slate, iron formation, marble |
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