Unit 6 Vocab.

Front

Benefit

Back

Advantage

Front

Fluid portion of the mantle beneath the lithosphere

Back

Asthenosphere

Front

Binding and hardening sediments into rock

Back

Cementation

Front

Process by which pressure from rocks and soil reduces sediment size or volume.

Back

Compaction

Front

Outermost layer of Earth above the mantle

Back

Crust

Front

A solid with atoms in an orderly pattern.

Back

Crystals

Front

Mass of a substance per volume.

Back

Density

Front

Sediment laid down in new locations.

Back

Deposition

Front

Processes breaking down and carrying away rock, sand, and soil

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Erosion

Front

Rock formed by melting and cooling

Back

Igneous