The Rock cycle
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What is a Rock?
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Value of Rock
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___________ mixture of ___________ of one or more minerals
___________ ___________:
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Used as ___________and ___________ (hammers, spears, and knives).
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Used in buildings, roads, and monuments.
Value of Rock - History
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Important to ___________
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Rock helps answer ___________about the ___________of earth and the
___________ ___________.
 ___________ of what the earth used to be.
 ___________
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The Rock Cycle
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Rock Cycle Processes
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Metamorphism
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Deposition
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______________ and
_____________
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_____________
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Solidification
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Weathering
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A ___________ of processes on the ___________ and ___________ Earth that slowly
___________ rocks from one kind to another.
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Weathering
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Rocks attacked by _____________
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Rocks _____________ _____________ into _____________.
Erosion
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Air, _____________, and living things
_____________ is transported by _____________, _____________, ice, or gravity
Deposition
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Sediments _____________ to the _____________.
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Compaction and Cementation
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Layers form on _____________ of each other
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_____________ and _____________ pushed out
_____________
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Metamorphism
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Means _____________ form
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Increased _____________ and _____________
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Changes rock into a ________________ rock.
Melting
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Rocks deep in Earth _____________ and become _____________
Cooling
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Loose _____________ are _____________ together by natural glue
_____________ cools
Solidification
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_____________ solidifies