Rock cycle" Flashcards
Igneous Rock
Igneous Rock Is a magmatic rock and is one of the three main.Igneous Rock is formed trough the rolling of magma, lava.
Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Rock is formed by mineral and organic particles from earths surface and a process that causes particles to settle in place.
Metamorphic Rock
Metamorphic Rock is formed by a process that the original rock’s temperatures greater than 150 to 200*C
Crystallization
Crystallization is the process which a solid forms where the molecules are organized into a structure known as crystal
Lithification
Lithification has a process that causes compact under pressure become a solid.
Sediment
Sediment is a process of weathering and erosion, and a action of wind, water, and ice.
Deposition
Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, water, and ice.
Weathering
Weathering is breaking down rocks, soils, and minerals.
Erosion
Erosion is the action that removes soil, rock, of dissolved material from the earth’s crust.