Rocks and Rock Cycle

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A model that describes all the processes by which rock is formed.

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rock cycle

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What is the product of Melting?

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Magma

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What is the product of Crystallization? Options: Igneous Rock, Sediments, Sedimentary rock, Magma, Metamorphic rock

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Igneous Rock

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What is the product of Uplift and Exposure/ Weathering and Erosion?

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Sediments

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What is the product of Deposition and Lithification?

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Sedimentary rock

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What is the product of Metamorphism?

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Metamorphic rock

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Rocks are brought to the surface.

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uplift

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What process breaks the rock down into smaller pieces?

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weathering and erosion

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What process moves rocks through wind, water, glaciers, rivers, and oceans?

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transportation

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What process transforms sediments into sedimentary rock with increasing temperature, pressure, and burial?

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lithification