2.1 Flashcards
The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock is called…
Weathering
A naturally formed occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter
Rock
The continual process by which the new rock forms from old rock material is called the…
Rock Cycle
The process by which sediment is removed from its source is called…
Erosion
The process in which sediment moved by erosion is dropped and comes to rest is called…
Deposition
The movement within the Earth that causes rocks inside to be moved to Earth’s surface is called…
Uplift
Grains of sand and other sediment are eroded from hills and mountains and wash down a river to the ocean. The grains of sediment are compacted and cemented together form….
Sedimentary Rock
When large pieces of the Earth’s crust collide, some of the rocks are forced downward. Intense heat and pressure heat squeeze the Sedimentary Rock and changes it to…
Metamorphic Rock
Uplift and erosion expose the Igneous rock at the Earth’s surface. The Igneous rock then wears away into grains of clay. Then they are transported and deposited elsewhere, and the cycle restarts.
Sediment
Magma is usually less dense than the surrounding rock, so magma tends to rise higher levels of the Earth’s crust. Once there, the magma cools and solidifies to become…
Igneous Rock
The hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts is called…
Magma
The minerals a rock contains determine the…
Compostion
The size, shape, and positions of the grains that make up a determine the rock’s…
Texture
