Rocks Unit Vocab

What is the definition for Cementation ?

• The makeup of on an object
• Liquid form of rock.
• The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
• A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.

What is the definition of Chemical Rock ?

• Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
• The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil.
• Term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains in a random pattern.
• The processes of changing a rock via heat and pressure.

What is the definition of Clastic Rock ?

• The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil.
• The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
• Liquid form of rock.
• Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.

What is the definition of Compaction ?

• Igneous rock layer formed when magma hardens beneath Earth’s surface.
• The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.
• A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
• Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.

What is the definition of Composition ?

• The makeup of on an object
• Term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
• A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another.
• A material found in magma that is formed from the elements oxygen and silicon.

What is the definition of Deposition?

• Igneous rock layer formed when magma hardens beneath Earth’s surface.
• Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth’s surface.
• Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
• Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.

What is the definition for Deposition?

• Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
• The processes of changing a rock via heat and pressure.
• A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
• Sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure.

What is the definition for Erosion?

• Term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
• Liquid form of rock.
• The makeup of on an object
• The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil.

What is the definition of Extrusive Rock?

• Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution.
• Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth’s surface.
• A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
• A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.

What is the definition of Foliated?

• Term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
• A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
• The makeup of on an object
• The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.