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Rock Cycle Vocabular
Rock Cycle Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Basalt | a dark, dense, igneous rock with fine texture, found in the ocean crust |
| Commendation | the process in which minerals precipitate into pore spaces between sediment grains I bind sediments together to from rock |
| Compaction | The process which sediments are passed together under there own weight |
| Deformation | when rocks change shape due to stress |
| Deposition | process by which sediments is laid down in new locations |
| Erosion | processes by which rock,sand,and soil are broken down and carried away(I.e. weather,glaciation) |
| Granite | a casually light colored ingneous rock that is found continental crust |
| ingenious rock | a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface |
| limestone | a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposit by the reasons of marine animals |
| mantle | the layers of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core |
| marble | metamorphic rock that was ones limestone |
| metaphoric rock | rock that has been changed by heat and pressure |
| metaborphism | the process by which rocks are changed in composition, texture or structure by extreme heat and pressure |
| mineral | a naturally occurring solid that can from by inorganic processes and has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition |
| Quarzite | a metaphor rock formed from sandstone |
| Sandstone | a sedentary rock made of sand held together by natural cement |
| Rock cycle | a series of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another |
| sediment | small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things |
| sedimentary Rock | a type of rock with a fine grain formed from clay,mud,or sit |
| shale | a type of metamorphic rock that was once shale rock formed by heat and pressure |
| slate | the breakdown of rocks and the Earth's surface |
| wethering | the rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations |
| Uplift | the building up of layers of small particles like sand or mud |
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