Rock Cycle

• rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural agencies

• the processes through which the three main rock types (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary) transform from one type into another.

• having solidified from lava or magma

• formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms. They form from deposits that accumulate on the Earth's surface

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Weathering

• when rocks or particles of soil or silt are carried from one location and placed in another, usually by moving water or wind.

• The process of rain, thunder, snow and sunshine

• the process where rocks are broken down by natural forces such as wind or water

• the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth

Erosion

• when rocks or particles of soil or silt are carried from one location and placed in another, usually by moving water or wind.

• the process where rocks are broken down by natural forces such as wind or water

• he breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth

• A sedimentary rock-forming process in which sediment grains are held together by natural cements that are produced when water moves through rock and soil

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Deposition

• A sedimentary rock-forming process in which sediment grains are held together by natural cements that are produced when water moves through rock and soil.

• when rocks or particles of soil or silt are carried from one location and placed in another, usually by moving water or wind

• The layering of sediments compacting/cementing together

• the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth

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Cementation

• formed when existing parent rocks are transformed (metamorphosed) by heat and pressure deep below the surface of the earth or along the boundary of tectonic plates

• A sedimentary rock-forming process in which sediment grains are held together by natural cements that are produced when water moves through rock and soil

• the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth

• form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies

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Compaction

• the processes through which the three main rock types (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary) transform from one type into another

• form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies.

• formed by the lithification of inorganic and/or organic sediments, or as chemical precipitates

• when sediment is pushed together by the weight of water and other sediment pushing down on it.

Sedimentation

• Process of a rock forming from tons of heat and pressure

• the deposition of rock fragments, soil, organic matter, or dissolved material that has been eroded, that is, has been transported by water, wind, ice, or gravity

• form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies

• the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth

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Sediment

• Tiny pieces of lava

• matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid

• the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents

• the state or process of rotting; decay.

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MInerals

• the binding together of particles or other things by cement

• Rock that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air

• A solid composed of 2 or more minerals

• a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence ex- makeup, tums, graphite

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Igneous Rock

• Process of compacting together

• Formed from intense heat and pressure

• formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock

• Formation of a rock from tiny sediments over time