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Rocks
Fossils
Landforms
Processes
Vocabulary
100
Metamorphic, Sedimentary, and Igneous
What are the 3 types of rocks?
100
Fossil on the top
What is the youngest fossil?
100
sand dune
What is a landform caused by deposition of sand by wind?
100
Deposition
What is putting down of sediment?
100
cementation
What is minerals dissolving and "gluing" sediment together?
200
Metamorphic rock
What is the most common type of rock?
200
Oil, Coal, natural gas
What are fossil fuels?
200
A delta
What is a fan shaped deposit of sediment at the mouth of a river?
200
fossil formation
What is putting down sediment layers and adding heat and pressure?
200
Layers
What is a trait of sedimentary rock?
300
Igneous rock
What is the rock that forms from cooled magma?
300
sedimentary rock
What is the rock type for fossil formation?
300
U-shaped valley
What is a landform created by a moving glacier?
300
Weathering
What is the process of breaking down rocks?
300
Sediment
What is small pieces of broken rock?
400
Sedimentary Rock
What is sediment deposited in layers, cemented together by dissolved minerals?
400
millions of years
What is the time it takes for fossils to form?
400
A canyon or V-shaped valley
What is created by the process of moving water breaking down rock?
400
fossil fuel creation
What is the process of covering remains of plants and animals, applying heat and pressure, and millions of years?
400
Erosion
What is the carrying away of sediment?
500
Lava and magma
What is the liquid part of the rock cycle?
500
Shale (found in DFW)
What is a sedimentary rock where natural gas is found?
500
Fast moving water
What is how a canyon is formed?
500
heat & pressure
What is needed to form rocks?
500
Wind, water, and ice
What are the agents of weathering and erosion?