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Rock Cycle Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Basalt | a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust |
Cementation | the process in which minerals precipitate into pore spaces between sediment grains and bind sediments together to form rock |
Compaction | the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight |
Deformation | When rocks change due to stress |
Deposition | Process by which sediments are laid down in new locations |
Erosion | Processes by which rock, sand , and soil are broken down and carried away |
Granite | A usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust |
Igneous rock | A type of rock that forms from the cooling in molten rock at or below the surface |
Limestone | A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals |
Mantle | The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core |
Marble | Metaphoric rock that was once limestone |
Metaphoric rock | Rock that has been changed by heat and pressure |
Metamorphism | The process by which rocks are changed in composition, texture or structure by extreme heat and pressure |
Mineral | A naturally solid that can form by inorganic processes and has a crystal structure and definite chemical position |
Quartzite | A metaphoric rock formed from sandstone |
Sandstone | A sedimentary rock made of sand held together by natural cement |
Rock cycle | A series of of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another |
Sediment | Small, solid peices of material that comes from rocks or living things |
Sedimentary rock | A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or remains of plants. And animals that are pressed together |
Shale | A rock with a fine grain formed from clay, mud, or silt |
Slate | a type of metaphoric rock that once shared rock formed by heat and pressure |
weathering | the breaking down of rocks and other materials of the earths surface |
uplift | the rising of regions of the earths crust to higher elevations |
sedimentation | the building up of layers of small particles like sand or mud |