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Definition: is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.
Sentence: is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
Ex 1: Mamga
EX 2:Lava |
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Definition: are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material
Sentence: at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water.
Ex 1: water
Ex 2: material
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Definition: that was once one form of rock but has changed to another under the influence of heat, pressure, or some other agent without passing through a liquid phase.
Sentence: which can be formed from limestone, and slate, which is formed from shale.
Ex 1: marble
Ex 2: limestone |
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Definitions: an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust.
Sentence: involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock.
Ex 1:metamorphism
Ex 2:remelting |
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Definition: the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents
Sentence: the gradual destruction or diminution of something.
Ex 1: water
Ex 2: natural agents |
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6. Weathering (physical & chemical) |
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Definition: is the class of processes that causes the disintegration of rocks without chemical change.
Setence: is abrasion the process by which clasts and other particles are reduced in size.
Ex 1:chemical
Ex 2:physical
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Definition: is a layer generally parallel to the soil crust, whose physical characteristics differ from the layers above and beneath.
Sentence: most cases by obvious physical features, chiefly colour and texture.
Ex 1: texture
Ex 2: soil
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Definition: the movement of the continents across the earth's surface.
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