Rocks

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Rock

a naturally-occurring, coherent aggregate of minerals or solid materials such as natural glass or organic matter.

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rock cycle

a model that describes all the processes by which rocks are formed, modified, transported, decomposed, melted, and reformed.

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Igneous Rocks

are formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

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Sedimentary rocks

the lithification of particles produced by the weathering of other preexisting rocks.

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Metamorphic rocks

form when preexisting or parent rocks are altered by heat, pressure, and the chemical activity of fluids.