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

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