Rocks
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- Second Characteristic MInerals Share
- Minerals are inorganic
- Second Type Of Igneous Rock
- Extrusive, rock formed when lava cools on or near earth's surface
- Rock
- A mixture of minerals, mineraloids, glass, or organic matter
- 3 Types Of Rocks
- Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
- Mineraloid
- When atoms of a sentence are not arranged in a definite structure
- Mineral
- Is a natural occurring inorganic solid with a definite structure and composition
- Third Characteristic Minerals Share
- Minerals are solids
- Magma
- Hot, melted rock material BENEATH earth's surface
- First Type Of Igneous Rock
- Intrusive, rocks that form below earth's surface
- Lava
- Molten rock from a volcano flowing, onto the earth's surface
- Fifth Characteristic Minerals Share
- The atoms in a mineral are arranged in a pattern that is repeated over and over again
- Rock Formation Process
- Weathering, erosion, compaction and cementation, melting and cooling, heat and pressure
- Igneous Rocks
- Formed when molten material from volcano or from deep inside the earth cools
- First Characteristic Minerals Share
- All minerals are formed by natural processes
- Common Rock Forming Minerals
- Quartz, feldspar, hornblende, and mica
- Fourth Characteristic MInerals Share
- Every mineral is an element or a compound with a chemical composition unique to that mineral
- The Rock Cycle
- Shows how all these process interact to form and change rocks around you
- Mixture
- When substances are mixed together, but each retains it's own properties