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rocks vocabulary
| basalt | a dark dense igneous rock with 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 sediment is laid down in new locations |
| erosion | processes by which a rock sand and soil are broken down and carried away |
| granite | a usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust |
| igneous rock | a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock |
| limestone | sediment rock consisting mainly of calcium |
| mantle | the layer of hot solid material between the Earth's crust and core |
| marble | metamorphic rock that was once limestone |
| metamorphic rock | rock that has been change by heat and pressure |
| metamorphism | the process of rocks changing |
| minaral | naturally occurring solid |
| quartzite | metamorphic rock made from sandstone |
| sandstone | sand held together |
| rock cycal | the procs a rock goes through on earth |
| sediment | small materials from rocks |
| sedimentary rock | small rock that forms from partials |
| shale | a rock with a fine grain formed from clay |
| slate | a rock once formed and heated |
| weathering | the breakeing down of rocks |
| uplift | the pricing of the Earth's crust |
| sedimentation | layers of small partials building up |