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Rocks Vocabulary Review - Earth Science - Mr. Kohn
Rocks Vocabulary Review - Earth Science - Mr. Kohn
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A solid mixture of minerals and other materials.
basalt
sedimentary
metamorphic
rocks
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Limestone area that has been eroded by dissolving; this produces ridges, towers, and sinkholes.
rock cycle
marble
karst
coral reef
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Term used to describe any metamorphic rock with grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
rock-forming minerals
sedimentary
foliated
non-foliated
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A group of rocks that form from the cooling of magma or lava
igneous
rock cycle
sedimentary
metamorphic
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A group of rocks that are made from hardened sediment.
metamorphic
igenous
rock cycle
sedimentary
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Processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
igenous
basalt
grains
rock cycle
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A dark-colored igneous rock that is low in silica (quartz) content.
basalt
grains
granite
sedimentary
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Hard sedimentary rock, made mainly of calcium carbonate, used for building materials or cement
marble
conglomerate
granite
limestone
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A group of rocks that form from existing rocks changed by heat and pressure deep inside Earth.
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
rock cycle
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A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
foliated
supermoon
igenous
fossil
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The particles of minerals or other rocks that give a rock its texture.
grains
sedimentary
granite
igneous
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I am the most common rock in Earth's crust. I am a low-silica, extrusive igneous rock.
basalt
obsidian
gabbro
granite
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Is generally a light-colored igneous rock that has a high silica (quartz) content.
igneous
sandstone
granite
basalt
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Hard metamorphic rock comes from limestone, usually white in color with swirls of grey coloring
marble
quartzite
gneiss
limestone
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A structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water.
basalt
intrusive igneous
chemical rock
coral reef
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Determining the sequence of past events without necessarily determining their absolute age.
rock cycle
radiometric dating
relative dating
absolute dating
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AKA: numerical dating, when geologists give rocks an actual age in number of years.
rock-forming minerals
absolute dating
carbon-14 dating
relative dating
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Approximately 20 common minerals that make up most of the rocks of Earth’s crust.
foliated
silicates
basalt
rock-forming minerals
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Term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
gneiss
fracture
foliated
granite
