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What is the process of sediment being buried and pressed together?

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Compaction

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What is the process of sediment being glued together?

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Cementation

Front

What type of rock is formed when sediment is pressed and glued together?

Back

Sedimentary rock

Front

What is a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type called?

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Rock formation

Front

What is the hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth?

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Magma

Front

What is the term for the solid rock that forms from the cooling of magma?

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Igneous rock

Front

What type of rock is formed from the alteration of existing rock through heat and pressure?

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Metamorphic rock

Front

What is the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces?

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Weathering

Front

What is the term for the movement of sediment from one location to another?

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Erosion

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What is the name of the cycle that describes the transformation of rocks through various processes?

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Rock cycle