Rock Transformations Flashcards

(17 cards)

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Magma

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Hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth’s crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.

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Sediment

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solid material that is moved and deposited in a new location.

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Matter

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the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed

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Rock formation

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A matter made out of the same rock type in whole

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Compaction

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The action of the sediment being pressed down

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Cementation

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The action of the sediment being glued and bind together.

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Sedimentary Rock

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A type of rock that is made when sediments get compacted and cemented

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Igneous Rock

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A type of rock that is made by magma cooling

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Energy

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A thing that can move or change things

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Metamorphic Rock

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A type of rock that can be made when a rock interacts with heat or pressure

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Uplift

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A plate motion that happens when a plate goes above the surface in a convergent boundary

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Subduction

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A plate motion that happens when a plate goes beneath the surface in a convergent boundary

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Weathering

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An action of water or wind blowing away the sediment

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Erosion

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The movement of sediment

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Cooling

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An action that happens when the magma comes up the surface and hardens

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Melting

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An action when any type of rock is melted

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Sample

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A rock that is a part of a whole(rock formation)