Pebbles
When existing rock gets broken down
Weathering
Existing rock breaks down, forming _____________
Sediment
Synonyms include: carry, transport, move
Erosion
Dropping off pieces of rock in new places
Deposition
Existing rocks that change
Metamorphic
Things that are True
Water, wind, ice, and plant roots can cause weathering
Composed of sediment of various sizes
Sedimentary
Things that are True
Water, wind, ice, or gravity can affect erosion
Plates pulled / separated apart, releasing magma
Divergent
Things that are True
Rocks can get pushed underground and melt
When carbon dioxide, oxygen, acid rain, or lichens alter and break rocks down.
Chemical Weathering
The remains of organisms found in Sedimentary rock
Fossils
Found on earth's surface, typically from a volcano
Lava
Things that are True
Deposition is a result of water, wind, ice, or gravity dropping the eroded sediment
Metamorphic rocks forms with _________ and intense __________
heat, pressure
Continuous process where rocks transform from one type to another
The Rock cycle
Compaction, Cementation, and Time
Lithification
Rocks formed above earth's surface, from lava erupting from volcanoes
Extrusive Igneous
This rock is formed by magma cooling within / under the earth's surface
Intrusive Igneous
Rocks that can chemically or physically morph into new rocks (3)
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic
Weathering, erosion, melting, cooling, and lithification, driven by convection currents
Geologic processes
Sandy beaches: serving ________ & ________ for millions of years
weathering and erosion
Intrusive rocks have _________ crystals because it cools ________
course / large, slowly
Observational