Rock and rock cycle vocab

What is the best definition for "rock"

• naturally formed, non-living earth material

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• A slang term for a person who is cool and confident

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a naturally occurring inorganic element or compound

• mineral

• tree

• volcano

• luster

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description of the size, shape, and arrangement of mineral grains

• texture

• Color of the mineral grains

• shininess

• Age of the mineral grains

broken pieces of rock-like gravel, sand, silt, or clay

• sediment

• minerals

• tephra

• igneous

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Match the following categories of rock

• form by the compaction and cementing together of sediments

• Metamorphic rocks

• form when the minerals in an existing rock are changed by heat or pressure within the Earth

• igneous rocks

• form from cooling magma

• Sedimentary rocks

Match the following processes in the rock cycle with their description

• Sediment (small rocks, pebbles, sand and silt) settles into layers

• Sedimentation

• Running water, ice, and gravity all transport these sediments from one place to another

• erosion

• Heat and pressure change a rock’s chemical makeup.

• Crystallization

• Rain, floods, wind and freezing change big rocks into sediment

• Weathering

• Cooling changes melted rock into solid rock

• Metamorphism

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