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rock vocabulary

TermDefinition
basalt A dark,dense, ingenious 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 weigth
deformation when rocks change shape due to stress
depsition process by which sediment is laid down in new location
erosion process by which rock,sand and soil are broken down and carried away
granite a usually light colored ingenious rock that is found in contiental crust
igneous rock a type of rock that forms the form of the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
limestone a sedimentary rock consisting manly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
mantle the layer of hot solid material between Earth's crust a and core
marbel metamorphic rock that was ones limestone
metamorphic rock rock that has been changed by heat and presser
metamorphism the process by which rocks are changed in composition texture or structure by extreme heat and the presser
minaral a natreul occuring solid that can form by inorinic process
quartzite a metamorphic rock formed from sand stone
sandstone a sedimentary rock made of sand
rock cycle a series of process on the surface and in side earth that slowlychanges
sediment small solid peciecs of matiral
sedimentary rock a type of rock that formed when particals from there rocks
shale a rock with a fine grain formed from clay mud or slit
slate a type of metamorphic rock that once shale rock formed by heatans
weathering the braecking down of rocks and other minerals on the Earth's surface
uplift the rising of regions of the earth crust to highter elevation
sedimentation the building up the layers of small particals like sand or mud
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