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Rock Transform U.4
Vocabulary for Amplify Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cementation | the process of sediment being glued together |
| compaction | the process of sediment being buried and pressed together |
| cross section | a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like |
| energy | the ability to make things move or change |
| erosion | the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water |
| igneous rock | The rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid |
| magma | hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| metamorphic rock | the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock |
| mineral | one of many types of matter that makes up rocks |
| plate | one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer |
| plate boundary | the place where two plates meet |
| rock formation | a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type |
| rock material | everything made of rock: magma, sediment, and all rock types |
| sample | a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like |
| sediment | small pieces of rock |
| sedimentary rock | the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together |
| subduction | the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion |
| uplift | the process by which all of the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion |
| weathering | the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water |