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A word to describe metamorphic rock in which the minerals are lined up

foliated

Name a common metamorphic rock

gneiss, slate, marble...

What type of rock forms from the cooling of magma or lava?

igneous

What type of igneous has little to no visible mineral crystals?

extrusive

The type of sedimentary rock formed from once living matter

organic rock

What type of rock forms from another type of rock being changed by heat and pressure?

metamorphic

Name a common sedimentary rock

sandstone, shale, conglomerate....

What type of igneous has the largest visible mineral crystals?

intrusive

How any other rock can become metamorphic

heat and pressure

The type of sedimentary rock that forms from pieces of other rock?

clastic

The type of sedimentary rock that formed from the crystallization of a mineral solution?

chemical rock

Name a common igneous rock

granite, obsidian, pumice....

The process of rocks changing to any other type of rock over time

rock cycle

How any other kind of rock can become igneous

melting

What type of rock forms from the lithification of sediments

sedimentary

How any other rock can become sedimentary

weathering and erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation