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Rock Cycle The continual process by which new rock is formed from old rock material.
Composition The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or elements presented in it.
Metamorphic Rock The type of rock that forms when existing rocks are heated or squeezed.
Sedimentary Rock The type of rock that forms when particles of rock, or sedimet, collect and harden into new rock.
Igneous Rock The type of rock that forms when hot, liquid, rock or magma cools and hardens.
Mineral Any naturally forming solid matter with a crystal structure.
Rock A solid mixture of crystals of one or more minerals.
Texture The sizes, shapes, and positions of the minerals in a rock.
Weathering The process by which water, ice, heat, and wind act to break down rocks.
Erosion The process by which particles of rock are removed from their source;the removal and transport of a rock and soil by the flow of water and by the actions of gravity, wind, and ice.
Deposition The process in which water, ice, wind, and gravity drop newly formed sediments.
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