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Deposition |
depositing sediment into piles |
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Sedimentation |
building up of layers of sediment |
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Compaction |
sediments are pressed together; lower layers of sediment are really compacted because of the weight of the higher layers |
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Cementation |
water is squeezed out of the layers of sediment; crystals of salt "glue" sediment together |
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Weathering |
weather & nature breaking apart of rock into pieces and sediments; ex: water, ice, minerals, lightning, plant roots, chemicals |
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Erosion |
moving sediment pieces to new places; usually caused by wind, water, waves, or glaciers |
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Igneous |
type of rock formed from cooling lava from volcanoes |
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Sedimentary |
type of rock formed from pieces of sediment being compacted & cemented together |
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Metamorphic |
type of rock formed from igneous or sedimentary rocks being heated & pressed together |
