Minerals

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  1. 1. Sedimentary rock formed by evaporation of salt water or as a mineral. When it forms large crystals
  2. 2. Bits of sand, rock. shell, and dirt
  3. 4. Rock A type of rock that forms from cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
  4. 7. Made liquid by great heat. Magma is this or liquid rock that has been heated by Earths layers
  5. 8. The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together
  6. 9. Cycle A slow process that recycles rock
  7. 11. A natural, inorganic, solid, with a crystal structure, and a definite chemical composition (dcc)
  8. 15. A common extrusive, igneous rock made from cooling lava
  9. 16. The smallest particle of an element
  10. 17. A soft mineral that is able to leave a mark. Your pencil lead is made of this.
  11. 19. Small, hard particles of stone (sandpaper is this)
  12. 20. Rounded rocks(pebbles, boulders)cemented together in a matrix (rock structure)
  13. 21. On of the simple substances, such as iron, gold, carbon , sulfur, nitrogen , and oxygen
  14. 22. The process in which sediments compact under pressure, fluids fill in between spaces of particles, crystallize and create rock by cementation
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  1. 1. A common intrusive, igneous rock made up of quartz, feldspar, mica , and hornblende minerals
  2. 3. Igneous rock that is formed outside of Earth
  3. 5. Are found in deposits of sedimentary , volcanic rocks.
  4. 6. Igneous rock that is formed inside of Earth
  5. 7. Rock A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that changed by heat, pressure, and a chemical reaction
  6. 8. The process that pressed sediments tightly together.
  7. 10. A characteristic of minerals that means it breaks apart into a smooth surface
  8. 12. Chalky, sedimentary rock
  9. 13. Rock A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants or animals are compacted (compressed) and cemented together
  10. 14. To form or cause to form crystals, usually from a cooling substance that occurs to grow larger as the water in the substance evaporates
  11. 18. Preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organism a from the remote (geologic) past