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10-3 Vocab
Vocab Words for Chapter 10-3 QUIZ 4/23
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| rock | check 10-1 |
| sedimentary rock | form when particles of sediment are pressed and stuck together |
| texture | refers to size, shape, color, and arrangement of the rocks grains |
| sediment | particles of rock or material from living things |
| grain | one of the particles that make up a rock |
| erosion | moves sediments from place to place. Wind, rain water, waves, and ice. |
| igneous rock | forms when magma or lava cools and hardens |
| deposition | sediment being laid down |
| intrusive rock | igneous rock formed from cooling magma inside the earth |
| extrusive rock | igneous rock that formed from lava cooling on the Earths surface |
| metamorphic rock | formed when a rock goes under heat and great pressure |
| rock cycle | series of processes on and beneath Earth' surface that slowly change rocks from one kind to another |