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| A usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in the continental crust. |
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| A dark,dense,igneous rock with a fine texture, found in the oceanic crust. |
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| the particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture. |
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| the look and feel of a rock's surface, dentermined by the size, shape, and pattern of a rock's grains. |
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| A tyoe of rock that forms from 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 of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together. |
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| a type of rock that forms from a existing rock that is formed by heat, presure, and chemical reactions. |
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| A igneous rock layer when lava flows on Earth's surface and hardens. |
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| A igneous rock layer form when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface. |
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| A material found in magma that is formed from the elements oxygen and silicon. |
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| Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms. |
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| The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil. |
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| Process in which sediment is laid downing new locations. |
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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 crystalize and glue particles of sediment together in one mass. |
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