Amplify Rock Transformations Vocab

Cementation:

• The process of sediment being glued together.

• The ability to make things move or change.

• The process of sediment melting away.

• The process of sedimentation.

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Compaction: The process of sediment being buried and pressed together.

• The process of sediment being glued together.

• The process of sediment being buried and pressed together.

• The process of compacting soil.

• Compressing air out of the dirt.

Cross Section:

• A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.

• The ability to make things move or change.

• A diagram that shows what the outside of something looks like.

• The ability to maintain crossness.

Energy:

• The ability to sleep.

• The ability to make things move or change.

• The ability to make things.

• The ability to remain motionless.

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Erosion:

• The movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water.

• The staying still of sediments.

• The movement of igneous rocks.

• The movement of metamorphic rocks.

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Igneous Rock:

• The rock type formed from sediments.

• The rock type formed when magma or lava cools and becomes solid.

• The rock type that changes under the hard solid rock of the earth's surface.

• The rock type that is diamond.

Magma:

• Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth.

• Hot liquid rock above Earth's surface.

• Hot sand on the surface of a shallow beach.

• The rocks remaining on land after a flood.

Matter:

• Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth.

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Anything having no mass.

• Anything taking up space with an indeterminate mass.

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Metamorphic Rock:

• The rock type formed when existing rocks are changed by heat and pressure.

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• The rock type formed when lava cools and becomes solid.

• The rock type formed from sediments.

Mineral:

• One of the many different types of matter that make up rocks.

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• One of few types of matter making up rocks.

• Anything that has matter.