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Rock Cycle Project

20 words from 8th grade project

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the process in which minerals precipitate into pore spaces between sediment grains and bind sediments together to form rock cementation
the process in which the volume and porosity of a sediment is decreased by the weight of overlying sediments as a result of burial beneath other sediments compaction
a solid whose atoms, ions, or molecules are arranged in a regular, repeating pattern crystal
the process of becoming a crystal crystallize
the process in which sediments are deposited deposition
the trace or remains of an organism that lived long, long ago fossil
rock that forms when magma cools and soilidifies igneous
liquid rock produced under Earh's surface magma
the process in which one type of rock becomes metamorphic rock because of chemical processes or changes in temperature and pressure metamorphism
sedimentary rock that forms from remains of plants and animals organic sedimentary rock
a change in temperature,structure, or chemical composition of a rock due to changes in temperature and pressure over a large area regional metamorphism
series of processes in which rocks are changed, destroyed, and rebuilt by geologic forces rock cycle
common sedimentary rock consisting of sand and quartz, cemented together by silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay sandstone
minerals or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice. sediment
rocks formed by the deposition of sediment sedimentary
a body of intrusive igneous rock between beds of sedimentary rocks or layers of matter from volcanos sill
mechanical and chemical processes that cause rock to decompose weathering
rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of lava at Earth's surface extrusive igneous rock
the metamorphicrock texture in which mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands foliation
a rock with traces of ash or cinders tuff
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