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Rocks

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Mineral a natural, solid substance that has a definite chemical composition and physical structure
Magma melted rock within the earth
Igneous Rock forms when magma is pushed up from the mantle into the cool crust and hardens into rock
Lava magma that reached the surface
Weathering the process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces
Erosion the movement of sediment to a new location
Deposition the dropping of sediment from wind or water that slows down, or from ice that melts
Sedimentation the process in which layers of sediment build up
Cementation glues the compacted particles together
Clastic Rocks transported, and deposited in layers made of sediments that were weathered,
Chemical Rocks formed from minerals that were dissolved in water, came out of solution, and were then deposited
Metamorphism the process by which any kind of rock is changed into metamorphic rock
Rock Cycle the processes by which rocks are formed from one another
Metamorphic Rock rocks that have been changed by heat or pressure
Three Types of Rocks igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
Two Types of Igneous Rocks Extrusive and Intrusive
Two Types of Sedimentary Rocks Clastic and Chemical
Two Types of Metamorphic Rocks Foliated and Nonfoliated
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