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Chapter 3.2-3.6

TermDefinition
Sediment Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.
Weathering The effects of freezing and thawing, plant roots, acid and other forces on rock.
Erosion The process by which running water, wind or ice carry away bits of broken up rock.
Deposition The process by which sediment settles out of water or wind carrying it.
Compaction The process that presses sediments together.
Cementation The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together.
Sedimentary Rock Formed by layers of sediment being pressed together and then cemented over time. Used for tools and building, but is the most fragile rock type.
Metamorphic Rock Formed by heat, pressure and chemical reactions. Commonly used in building and sculptures such as marble.
Igneous Rock Formed by molten rock cooling and hardening into a solid. Granite, obsidian and pumice are examples.
Foliated Parallel lines of layering in a metamorphic rock. Refers to grain arrangement.
Extrusive An igneous rock on that erupted onto Earth's surface when it was formed.
Intrusive An igneous rock that hardens beneath Earth's surface when it is being formed.
Rapid cooling Results in fine-grained igneous rocks with small or no crystals.
Rock cycle An ongoing process where rocks can transform from one form to another.
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