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Deposition



Deposition







The process in which material is laid down.

     Erosion

Erosion

The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

  Rock Cycle

Rock Cycle

The series of processes in which a rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geological processes.

     Rocks

Rocks

A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.

   Texture

Texture

The quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and positions of the rocks's grains.

   Intrusive Igneous Rock

Intrusive Igneous Rock

Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earth's surface.

   Extrusive Igneous Rock

Extrusive Igneous Rock

Rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity at or near the Earth's surface.

   Strata

Strata

Layers of rock (singular, stratum).

Stratification

The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers.

Magma

Magma

The hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts.