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sedimentation process of sediment settling or being deposited
encounters to come upon or meet
sedimentary rock rocks formed when small particles of rock or the remains of plants and animals are pressed & cemented together over time
deformation the process in which intense heat & pressure causes rocks to change in form and shape
mineral a type of rock with a crystal structure & definite chemical composition
metamorphic rock rock made from different types of rock formed from intense heat & pressure, usually deep underground
intrusive igneous rock forms under Earth’s surface as magma cools; contains larger crystals
extrusive igneous rock forms on Earth’s surface from lava
crystallization the process of molten rock cooling & hardening, creating repeated shapes
igneous rock rocks that form when magma or lava cools & hardens
crust coolest layer of Earth, most rigid, thinnest layer
temperature and pressure increases as you move from the outermost layers of the Earth to the innermost
mantle Earth’s thickest layer, where convection occurs, upper part of this layer is solid, broken rock, then one that flows, lower part is more rigid than the rock above it
magma molten material inside the Earth
outer core only full liquid layer of Earth. It is composed of iron and nickel and molten material
inner core dense sphere of solid metal found in the center of Earth, hottest layer of Earth, spins slightly faster than the rest of the planet
lava molten material outside the Earth
principle an accepted and proven truth that other conclusions may be based on
mechanical weathering the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces
chemical weathering the process that breaks down rock through chemical changes
deposition the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
landslide the rapid mass movement of soil and rock down a slope
agent something that has an effect or causes a change
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