Rock Formations

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The process that BREAKS DOWN rocks into smaller pieces caused by wind, rain, ice, chemicals, freezing, or thawing

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Weathering

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A solid made up of one or more minerals

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Rock

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A naturally occurring solid substance that do not come from animal or plant

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Minerals

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Rocks that have formed from magma that has cooled

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Igneous

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Rocks that have formed from being compacted and made up of sediment that have cemented together.

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Sedimentary

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Rocks that have been changed from other rocks by heat and pressure

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Metamorphic

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Hot molten rock located deep below the earth’s surface

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Magma

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Many pieces of broken-down rock and soil

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Sediments

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The MOVEMENT of rock pieces from place to place

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Erosion

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Particles are DROPPED in a new location

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Deposition