6th grade - SMS: Grand Canyon Vocab.
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| differential erosion | occurs where a mountain or a plateau is made of both soft, weak rocks, and harder more resistant rocks; the weaker rocks wear away faster, leaving behind knobs and cliffs of more resistant rocks
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| formation | rock layer composed of more than one kind of rock; the kinds and sequences of the rock can be recognized from one place to another
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| elevation | vertical distance measure above sea level
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| rock column | sequence of rocks
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| plateau | large, nearly level area of land that is lifted or elevated above the surrounding area
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| limestone | mostly smooth rocks, with fine-grain texture that contain calcite (and react to hydrochloric acid by fizzing to release carbon dioxide)
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| sandstone | rocks with sandy, rough texture that do NOT react to hydrochloric acid
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| correlation (correlate) | the relationship or connection between rock layers from two or more locations (rocks that are connected or RELATE)
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| calcite | mineral compased of calcium, carbon and oxygen; this is the material in rocks that reacts to acid
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| shale | smooth-textured rock that contains fossils
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| sample | small, representative pieces
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| layers | flat deposits of rock that can be thick or thin and extend over a large area
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