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Rock cycle vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Sediment or rock added to a landform |
| Compaction | The process that presses sediments together |
| Sediment | Small, solid pieces of rock created through erosion |
| Minerals | A solid in organic substance of natural occurrence with a crystalline structure |
| Rock cycle | Series of processes that change one type of rock |
| Cementation | The process in which dissolved minerals crystallized and glue particles of sediment together |
| Magma | Molten or liquid rock underground |
| Rock types | Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary |