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Rock Cycle.

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1 Rock Cycle

2 Rock Cycle The process by which 3 types of rocks are formed and reformed from the material in the Earth

3 Igneous Rock Type of rock is formed from cooled and hardened magma (granite is an igneous rock)

4 Sedimentary Rock Type of rock is formed when layers of rock pieces are cemented together. (fossils are found here)

5 Metamorphic Rock Type of rock is formed when a rock is changed by heat and pressure.

6 Sediment Very small solid particles

7 Soil Top layer of most of Earth’s land surface, consisting of scattered products of rock and organic decay

8 Humus A material in soil that comes from living things

9 Mineral Substance that occurs naturally in rocks and ground, has its own characteristic appearances and chemical composition, made of crystals


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