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magma/lava sediments THE ROCK CYCLE
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The Rock Cycle Using your book (p119) to fill in your rock cycle diagram. –Label the 3 Rock Types –Every Arrow should have a process labeling it –Draw an example of each type of rock
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magma/lava sediments THE ROCK CYCLE Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Cooling & Hardening (solidfication) Heat and/or Pressure Uplift, Weathering, Erosion Deposition, Burial, Compaction and Cementation Melting
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Definitions Uplift - to cause a portion of the earth's surface to rise above adjacent areas Burial - the act or process of burying Compaction - the process of increasing the density of a soil by packing the particles closer together and reducing the volume of air Cementation - the process where sediments are joined together into hard, compact rock Solidification - the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
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