Processes
Process where sediment travels
What is Erosion?
Known for their ribbon-like layers
What are Metamorphic?
Weathering and erosion can break any type of rock, turning it into?
What is Sediment?
The breakdown of a rock
What is Weathering?
These tend to form with air bubbles inside
What are Extrusive Igneous rocks?
Magma both cools into and melts from...
What is Igneous rock?
This process is a key part in the formation of sedimentary rock.
What is Compacting and Cementing?
Both Igneous and Sedimentary can become these with enough heat and pressure.
What is Metamorphic rock?
What cools down to become igneous rock?
What is Magma?
What occurs to make metamorphic and igneous rock become magma?
What is Melting?
These are the result of magma cooling within the earth.
What is Intrusive Igneous?
Igneous becomes sediment by...
What is Weathering and Erosion?
How does magma become Igneous rock?
What is Cooling?
Conglomerate is an example of?
What is Sedimentary rock?
There is one rock type that cannot intermediately be reduced into it's own components (i.e. igneous melting back into magma)
What is Metamorphic rock?