Rock Transformations

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What is a sample?

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A small part of something that is meant to show what the whole is like.

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What is magma?

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Hot liquid rock below the Earth's surface.

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What is cementation?

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The process of sediment being glued together.

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What is energy?

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The ability to make things move or change.

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What is compaction?

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The process of sediment being buried and pressed together.

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What is sediment?

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Small particles of rock and minerals that are carried by water, wind, or ice.

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What is a mineral?

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A naturally occurring inorganic substance with a definite chemical composition.

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What is a rock formation?

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A large, naturally occurring mass of rock.

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What is lava?

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Magma that has reached the Earth's surface.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.