science rock quiz
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- What is deposition
- When rocks are deposited together
- identification key
- identifies all the different types of rocks
- major types of rocks
- metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous
- Source of heat and pressure
- underground
- Why is it a cylce
- it happens over and over again
- What is compaction and cementation
- When rocks are pushed together and cemented
- primary forces that drive the rock cyle
- pressure, weathering, erosion, compaction, cementation, heat, time cooling and hardening
- What is the rock cycle
- the process rocks go through
- Source of erosion
- underground, while the earth is moving around
- What is erosion
- the breaking down of rocks
- types of grain size
- small is barely visible, microscopic and big is easily visible sometimes chunky
- what characteristics are used to identify the type and name of a rock
- grain size grain texture grain color
- Source of melting and heat`
- volcano, sun, magma, lava