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Rocks and rock cycle
- 1. ROCKS AND ROCK CYCLE
- 2. ROCK Naturally-occurring, coherent aggregate of minerals such as natural gas or organic matter. Lithosphere – rigid, rocky, outermost part of Earth, composed of the crust and uppermost part of the upper mantle.
- 3. ROCK CYCLE A model that describes all the processes by which rocks are formed, modified, transported, decomposed, melted, and reformed. Dynamic cycle of processes and products
- 4. Index Mineral Scale Common Objects melting magma crystallization igneous rocks uplift and exposure sediments weathering and erosion sedimentary rocks transportation metamorphic rocks deposition lithification metamorphism Process and Products of the Rock Cycle
- 5. Sedimentary rock Metamorphic rock Igneous rock sedimen ts magma Burial compaction Heatand/or pressure metamorphis m Weathering anderosion (Uplift) Heat and/or pressure metamorphis m
- 6. Sedimentary rock Metamorphic rock Igneous rock sedimen ts magma Burial compaction Heatand/or pressure metamorphis m Weathering anderosion (Uplift) Heat and/or pressure metamorphis m
- 7. Sedimentary rock Metamorphic rock Igneous rock sedimen ts magma Burial compaction Heatand/or pressure metamorphis m Weathering anderosion (Uplift) Heat and/or pressure metamorphis m
- 8. Sedimentary rock Metamorphic rock Igneous rock sedimen ts magma Burial compaction Heatand/or pressure metamorphis m Weathering anderosion (Uplift) Heat and/or pressure metamorphis m
- 9. Sedimentary rock Metamorphic rock Igneous rock sedimen ts magma Burial compaction Heatand/or pressure metamorphis m Weathering anderosion (Uplift) Heat and/or pressure metamorphis m