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Deposition |
The process in which material is laid down. |
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Erosion |
The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another. |
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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. |
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Rocks |
A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter. |
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Texture |
The quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and positions of the rocks's grains. |
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Intrusive Igneous Rock |
Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earth's surface. |
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Extrusive Igneous Rock |
Rock that forms as a result of volcanic activity at or near the Earth's surface. |
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Strata |
Layers of rock (singular, stratum). |
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Stratification |
The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers. |
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Magma |
The hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts. |