Changing Surface
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| Weathering | The chemical and physical processes that break down rock at Earth's surface.
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| Mechanical Weathering | The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.
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| Chemical Weathering | The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.
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| Abrasion | The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind.
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| Ice Wedging | Process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands.
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| Erosion | The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil.
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| Deposition | Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
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| Sediment | Earth materials deposited by erosion.
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| Sedimentary Rock | The type of rock that is made of hardened sediment.
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| Igneous Rock | One of the three main rock types formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
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| Metamorphic Rock | Rock that was once one form of rock but has changed to another under the influence of heat, pressure, or some other agent without passing through a liquid phase.
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| Rock Cycle | The rock cycle is a model that describes the formation, breakdown, and reformation of a rock as a result of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic processes.
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| Strata | Layers of rock.
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| Stratification | The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers.
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| Foliated | Aligned grains of flat minerals.
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| Non-Foliated | Mineral grains not arranged in plains or bands.
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| Mafic | Rocks that are dark in color.
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| Felsic | Rocks that are light in color.
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| Course Grained | Describes the long amount of time it takes for rocks to cool down allowing crystals to grow.
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| Fine Grained | Describes the short amount of time it takes for rocks to cool down allowing little to no crystals to grow.
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| Intrusive | Magma pushes into surrounding rock below the Earth's surface.
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| Extrusive | Forms when magma erupts onto the Earth's surface and cools quickly.
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