7.2 Vocab
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Rock formed (pressed and cemented together) from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals.
Sedimentary Rock
Rock that forms from cooled magma or lava.
Igneous Rock
The process of forming crystals when magma or lava cools (forming igneous rocks)
Crystallization
Rocks formed from other rocks that have been changed by heat or pressure.
Metamorphic Rock
The formation of metamorphic rock through heat and pressure
Metamorphism
The process of compacting and cementing rock to form sedimentary rock
Lithification
When rocks weather, erode, transport, and deposit. Part of the formation of sedimentary rock
Sedimentation
Breaking down rock via wind, water, or ice
Weathering
When water, ice, gravity finally drops sediment
Deposition
Chemically “gluing” layers
Cementation
Compressing layers of sediment
Compaction
Moving sediment from one place to another
Transportation
Moving sediment off the original rock
Erosion