Weathering and Erosion
Definition of Erosion.
What is removal of weathered material
Definition of Deposition
What is the laying down of eroded material.
Definition of non-foliated rocks
What is metamorphic rocks that have mineral grains
Definition of intrusive rock
What is form as magma cools underground
How sedimentary rocks form
What is when sediment is deposited
Definition of weathering.
What is chemical process that changes objects.
Definition of Sedimentary Rock.
What is form when sediment is deposited
Definition of foliated rocks
What is contains parallel layers of minerals.
Definition of igneous rock
What is when magma crystallizes it creates igneous rock
How are Metamorphic rocks are formed
What when existing rocks, like sedimentary or igneous rocks, are subjected to intense heat and pressure deep within the Earth
Examples of weathering and erosion.
What is mudslides
Definition of clastic rock.
What is sedimentary rocks that are made of broken pieces of minerals
Definition of metamorphic rock.
What is rock chemical fluids that can create metamorphic rock
Definition of extrusive rock
What is when magma cools and crystallizes on Earth
How are Igneous rocks formed.
What is formed when molten rock, called magma, cools and solidifies
Definition of uplift
What are processes that move large bodies of Earth's materials
Definition of chemical rock.
What is sedimentary rock that forms when minerals crystallize.
Definition of contact magma
What is the formation of metamorphic rock bodies that are hundreds of kilometers in size
How Igneous Rocks form
How Metamorphic Rocks form
Weathering and erosion.
Definition of biochemical rock.
What is sedimentary rock that was formed by organisms
Definition of regional.
What is a formation of metamorphic rock bodies that are hundreds of kilometers in size.
How Sedimentary Rocks form