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Rock Cycle Vocabulay

Rock Cycle Vocabular

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Basalt a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture , found in oceanic crust
Cementation the process in which minerals precipitate into pore spaces between sediment grains and bind sediments together to form rock
Compaction the process by which sediments are pressed together under their 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
Granite a usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continual crust
Igneous 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 deposited by the remains of marines animals
Mantle the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core
Marble metamorphism rock that was once limestone
Metamorphic Rock rock that has been changed by heat and pressure
Metamorphism that process by which rock are changed in composition, texture, or structure by extreme heat and pressure
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