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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| basalt | a dark dence rock with a fine texture. |
| cementation | the process in which intervals precipitate into pore spaces |
| compactation | the process by which sediments are pressed toghether |
| deformation | when rocks change shape |
| deposition | process by which sediements are laid in new locations |
| erosion | process in which rock are broken down |
| granite | a light colored rock found in the Earth's crust |
| igneous rock | a type of rock that that fors after cooling |
| limestone | a seditary rock consisting of mainly calcium |
| mantle | the layer of hot solid between between the earths crust and core |
| marble | metamorphic rock that was once limestone |
| metamorphic rock | rock that his been changed by heat and presure |
| metamorphism | the process of where the process by rocks are changed in texture. |
| mineral | natural solidifying substance |
| quartzite | a metamorphic rock formed from sand stone |
| sandstone | a seditary rock |
| rock cycle | a series of process on the rocks on of earth |
| sediment | small solid peices of material that come from rocks |
| sedimentary rock | a type of rock that forms from other rocks |
| shale | a rock with a fine grain made from clay |
| slate | a type of rock that was one sandstone |
| weathering | |
| up lift | |
| sedimentation |