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A step in lithification; pressure forces sediment closer together
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A step in lithification; heat and pressure change the rock chemically, sediments are locked" or "glued" together into a solid rock"
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Naturally occurring substance, with definite chemical composition and a crystalline structure
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The transport of fragments of rock by water, wind, ice, or gravity
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Rock that forms as magma cools
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Rock that forms from heat and pressure
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Rock that forms from sediments becoming cemented together. Usually in layers.
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The process that turns any rock into magma by adding heat.
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Little pieces of weathered rock, plant remains, and animal remains
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and pressure These two forces work together to transform rocks deep inside Earth's crust.
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This is the breaking down of rocks. It can be caused by wind, rain, ice, or gravity.
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Remains or impression of an ancient organism. These are only found in sedimentary rock
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Most sedimentary rocks form in layers known as ________.
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Occurs when sediments settle on the ground or a body of water
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Igneous rocks form into highly ordered structures as they cool
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Heat and pressure cause rock to bend, fold, stretch, or compress; how metamorphic rocks are made
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A single or several minerals that have been tightly compacted or glued" together"
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Drift The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
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The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
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building Process of creating mountains
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The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations
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model A model used to represent an object that is too large or too small to be built at actual size
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core A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
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core A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
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The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
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boundary Where two tectonic plates meet.
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The principle that the same geologic processes that operate today operated in the past to change Earth's surface
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dating A technique used to determine which of two fossils is older
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Younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed
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ocean trench Valley in the ocean created when one lithospheric plate goes under another
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Slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
