Science Chapter C 3 Types of Rocks
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- Igneous Rock
- rock made from lava that has cooled and hardened
- Sedimentary Rock
- rock that forms from sediment and other rock particles that have settled in layers
- Metamorphic Rock
- rock that forms from heat and pressure
- Lava
- Magma that has reached the Earth's surface and has cooled and hardened
- Magma
- Hot, melted rock that is inside a volcano
- Mineral
- a NONLIVING solid found in nature
- Sediments
- tiny pieces of rock material carried by water
- Volcano
- an opening through which magma escapes to the earth's surface
- core
- the inner layer that forms the center of the earth
- mantle
- the thick layer that forms the center of the earth
- crust
- the outer layer of the earth
- rock
- hard and made of minerals
- rock cycle
- rocks changing from one type to another
- the 3 properties of minerals
- shape, color, and hardness
- biotite
- brown to black pieces