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Rock Cycle
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6th Grade
02/13/2007

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Grain
Definition
is one of the particles that make up a rock.
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Rock
Definition
is a solid material made up of one or more minerals or other substances, including the remains of once-living things.
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Geologist
Definition
Individuals who study the physical and Chemical characteristics of mineral and rocks
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Texture
Definition
refers to the size, shape, and arrangement of a rock’s grains.
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Geology
Definition
the study of the planet Earth, including the surface and interior.
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Igneous rocks
Definition
forms when magma or lava cools and hardens.
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Intrusive Rock
Definition
Igneous rock formed from magma beneath the surface of the earth.
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Extrusive Rock
Definition
Igneous rock forms from lava on the surface of the earth.
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Sedimentary Rock
Definition
forms when particles of rock and other materials are pressed and stuck together through cementation and compaction.
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Sediments
Definition
particles or rock or material from living things.
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Erosion
Definition
the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil along the earths surface.
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Deposition
Definition
The process by which sediments settles out of the water or wind that is carrying it, and is deposit
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Metamorphic Rock
Definition
Rock that is created through heat and pressure
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Rock Cycle
Definition
is a series of processes on and beneath the Earth’s surface that slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
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Clastic Rock
Definition
sedimentary rock that have pieces of rock that have been pressed and stuck together
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Organic Rock
Definition
sedimentary rock formed from the remains of plants and animals
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Chemical Rock
Definition
sedimentary rock that is formed from dissolved minerals come out of solution and form crystals.
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Weathering
Definition
The process through which rain, sleet, ice, extreme hot and cold temperatures fracture or break rock into sediments.
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