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14 Cards in this Set
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Cementation
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Process in which dissolved minerals left by water passing through sediments binds the
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Chemical Rock
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Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution. Example limestone.
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Compaction
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Process in which air and water are squeezed out of sediments, resulting in the formation of
sedimentary rock. |
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Deposition
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The laying down ad accumulation of earth materials in oceans, rivers, deserts, and glaciers.
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Extrusive
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A type of rock formed from magma flowing out over the earth's surface.
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Foliation
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A distinctly layered texture found in some metamorphic rocks.
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Intrusive
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A type of rock formed by magma solidifying among other rocks below the earth's surface.
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Igneous
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A type of rock formed when magma cools and crystallizes below or on the surface of the earth.
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Lithification
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The set of chemical and physical processes that convert newly deposited sediment into rock.
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Metamorphic
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A type of rock formed by the squeezing and heating of rocks deep below the surface
of the earth. |
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Rock
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The material that forms Earth's hard surface, composed of minerals.
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Rock Cycle
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A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one
kind to another. |
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Sediment
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Earth materials, both mineral and organic, that have been transported and laid to rest on the
earth's surface. |
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Sedimentary
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A type of rock formed when horizontal layers of sediment harden into solid rock at or just
below the earth's surface. |