Rock cycle" Flashcards

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Igneous Rock

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Igneous Rock Is a magmatic rock and is one of the three main.Igneous Rock is formed trough the rolling of magma, lava.

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Sedimentary Rock

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Sedimentary Rock is formed by mineral and organic particles from earths surface and a process that causes particles to settle in place.

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Metamorphic Rock

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Metamorphic Rock is formed by a process that the original rock’s temperatures greater than 150 to 200*C

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Crystallization

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Crystallization is the process which a solid forms where the molecules are organized into a structure known as crystal

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Lithification

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Lithification has a process that causes compact under pressure become a solid.

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Sediment

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Sediment is a process of weathering and erosion, and a action of wind, water, and ice.

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Deposition

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Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, water, and ice.

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Weathering

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Weathering is breaking down rocks, soils, and minerals.

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Erosion

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Erosion is the action that removes soil, rock, of dissolved material from the earth’s crust.

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