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| the size shape and pattern of a rocks grains |
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| a particle of mineral or other rocks texture |
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| a type of rock that forms the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface |
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| a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains from plants and animals are pressed and cemented together |
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| a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reaction |
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| igneous rock that forms from lava on earths surface |
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| igneous rock that is formed when magma hardens beneath earths surface |
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| an igneous rock texture in which large crystals are scattered on a background of much smaller ones |
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| small solid particles of material from rocks or organisms which are moved by water wind resulting in erosion and deposition |
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| the process by which water ice wind or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil |
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| the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it and is deposited in a new location |
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| the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight |
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| the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass |
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| Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure |
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| sedimentary rock that forms where remains of organisms are deposited in thin layers |
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| sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from solution |
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| A structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm shallow ocean water |
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| a ring shaped coral island found far from land |
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| a series of process on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes from one kind to another |
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