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The Rock Cycle Vocabulary

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1 The Rock Cycle Vocabulary

2 Igneous Rock  formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava

3 Sedimentary Rock types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water. 

4 Metamorphic Rocks a result of a transformation of a pre-existing rock. The original rock is subjected to very high heat and pressure, which cause obvious physical and/or chemical changes.

5 Compaction The weight from the layers of sediment forces out liquids and decreases the space between grains.

6 Cementation When minerals dissolved in water crystallize between sediment grains.

7 Lithification  the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel fluids, and gradually become solid rock. Includes cementation and compaction.

8 Extrusive When volcanic material erupts and cools and crystallizes on Earth’s surface.

9 Intrusive Igneous rocks that form as magma cools underground.

10 Foliated Contain parallel layers of flat and elongated minerals.


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