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Rock Cycle
Term | Definition |
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Ring of Fire | - faults & volcanoes,- belt of active faults/volcanoes in Pacific Ocean |
Forms from cooled lava | igneous rock |
Intrusive rock | -igneous rock,-formed below Earth's surface |
Extrusive rock | -igeneous rock,-formed at Earth's surface |
Sedimentary rocks | rocks formed from the compaction or cementation of sediments |
Metamorphic rocks | Made when heat |
Minerals | A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence. with a definite chemical composition |
Deposition | Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations. |
Weathering | The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface. |
Erosion | Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are carried away to a different location |
Lithification | The process that converts sediments into solid rock by compaction or cementation. |
Rock Cycle | the series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock |