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Rock Transformations
Rocks
Term | Definition |
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Cementation | the process of sediment being glued together |
Compaction | the process of sediment being buried and pressed together |
Cross section | a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like |
Energy | the ability to make things move or change |
Erosion | the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water |
Igneous rock | the rock type formed when magma or lava cools and becomes solid |
Magma | hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth |
Matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
Metamorphic rock | the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock |
Mineral | one of the different types of matter that make up rocks |
Plate | one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer |
Plate boundary | the place where two plates meet |
Rock formation | a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type |
Rock materials | everything made of rock: magma, sediment, and all rock types |
Sample | a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like |
Sediment | small pieces of rock |
Sedimentary rock | the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together |
Subduction | the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion |
Uplift | the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion |
Weathering | the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water |
Lava | hot liquid rock on the surface of the Earth. |
Rock Cycle | the series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock. |