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16 Cards in this Set
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Metamorphic |
Forms when heat /pressure causes older rocks to change into new type of rocks. |
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Igneous |
Forms when molten rock/magma cools down an becomes a solid. |
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Sedimentary |
Forms when pieces/sediments of older rocks,plants,, and other loose material get compacted/cementated |
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Weathering |
Process where rock is broken into sediments/little pieces. This happens in a mechanical or chemical way. |
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Mechanical weathering |
the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces of the same material without any change. |
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Chemical weathering |
The breakdown of rocks by chemical reactions that change the rocks' makeup/composition. |
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Erosion |
Process where sediments are carried by air,animals, ice, or water to the bottom of a body of water or on the ground. |
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Sediment |
Pieces of rocks,plants and animals remains that are carried by air,animals, ice, or water to the bottom of a body of water or on the ground. |
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Cementation |
Where grains of minerals stick together and form a sedimentary rock. |
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Compaction |
When sediments are underground and the layers of eart create heat and pressure. The sediments get pressed together forming a sedimentary rock.
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Mineral |
Solid naturally formed subtance that has a chemical makeup and crystal structure. |
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Magma Lava |
Molten rock below eart's surface Monten rock that reaches surface through volcano |
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Intrusive Extrusive |
Igneous rock that cools down below earth's surface, becomes a solid Igneous rocks that cools down on earth's surface, becomes a solid |
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Foliated/Foliation |
The arrangement of minerals into rocks in a flat wavy or straight parallel line. |
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Rock |
A naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more minerals. |
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Rock Cycle |
The set of naturally repeating process that forms, changes, breaks down and reforms rocks. |
