Rock cycle vocabulary

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cementing

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the precipitation of a binding material around grains, thereby filling the pores of a sediment

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weathering

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break down/the process by which rocks and minerals on the Earth's surface are broken down or dissolved by natural agents like water, wind, temperature changes, and living organisms, gradually shaping the landscape

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igneous

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formed by cooling

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metamorphic rocks

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formed by heat

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magma

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extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface

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lava

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molten rock ejected by volcanoes in the form of a liquid

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rock cycle

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a geological process that describes how the three main types of rocks - igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic - transform into one another over time through various processes like melting, cooling, weathering, erosion, and compaction, driven by Earth's internal heat and pressure, and external forces like water and wind

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Mineral

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a naturally occurring, solid, inorganic substance with a definite chemical composition and orderly atomic structure, typically forming crystals. 

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Rock

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a naturally occurring solid mass composed of one or more minerals

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Erosion Deposition

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Erosion is the process of weathered rock and soil being carried away by natural forces like wind or water, while deposition is when that transported material settles and is deposited in a new location