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- 2. is a dark-colored rock that is low in silica
- 3. Sedimentary rock that forms from remains of organisms deposited in thick layers.
- 7. Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or organisms.
- 10. rock forms when an existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
- 12. The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it.
- 13. the look and feel of the rock’s surface.
- 14. rocks are made up of particles of minerals or other rocks
- 15. rock forms from the cooling of magma or lava
- 16. an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion.
- 17. The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
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- 1. The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
- 4. Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.
- 5. is generally a light-colored rock that has high silica content
- 6. Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
- 8. rock forms when particles of other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
- 9. The destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carries away fragments of rock.
- 11. Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth’s surface.