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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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