ESS103 - CHAPTER 6: The rock cycle

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rock

solid mass of geological material

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3 types of rock

igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

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igneous rock

formed from cooling/solidification of melted rock.

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sedimentary rock

made when sediment accumulates and becomes rock

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metamorphic rock

existing rock altered by heat, pressure, and or chemical reactions

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weathering

breaks rock down

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erosion

moves the broken material

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deposition

sediment gets dropped somewhere

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lithifications’ 2 processes

compaction & cementation

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compaction

sediment gets squeezed by the weight of material above it

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cementation

minerals precipitate from groundwater & glue sediment grains together

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metamorphism

an existing rock changes because of heat, pressure and/or chemical fluids