Rocks Vocab

Front

Process that binds rock pieces together?

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Cementation

Front

Rock particles or sediments pressed together by gravity and overlying pressure.

Back

Compaction

Front

Small rock pieces carried away:

Back

Sediments

Front

Tiny rock pieces from erosion are called ____________

Back

Sediments

Front

Compacted small rock pieces stick together to form a rock.

Back

Cementation

Front

The process of tiny rock pieces "gluing" together is called

Back

cementation

Front

A student squeezes two jelly beans until they stick together. Which process is being simulated?

Back

Compaction and cementation.

Front

Definition of cementation

Back

Loose sediments binding together to form a rock

Front

When tiny rock pieces settle somewhere

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Deposition

Front

Process of rock wearing down and losing pieces?

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Erosion