6.2. The Rock Cycle – Vocabulary
Section 6.0 Introduction
- petrified
- ripple / ripples
- sedimentary rock
- metamorphic rock
Section 6.1 What is a rock?
- mineral crystals
- inorganic
- organic
- non-mineral solids
- fossils
- coal
- pegmatite
- igneous rock
- sedimentary rock
- metamorphic rock
- cement
- precipitate
- alter
Section 6.2 The rock cycle
- rock cycle
- force
- hydrological cycle
- magma
- intrusive igneous rocks
- lava
- extrusive igneous rocks
- mountain building
- weathering
- chemical processes
- physical processes
- crack
- exposed
- wedging
- fragments
- erosion / eroded
- transportation / transported
- deposition / deposited
- sediment
- stream channel
- sedimentary structure
- ripple
- burial / buried
- compression / compressed
- particle
- cement / cementation
- cross-section
- sandstone
- squeeze
- transformation
- physical changes
- chemical changes
- react
- limestone
- marble
