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is a natually occurring solid mixture of one or more organic matter.
Rock.
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The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock.
Weathering.
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The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
erosion.
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the process in which sediment moved by erosion is dropped and comes to rest.
deposition.
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the movement within the earth causes rocks inside the earth to be moved to the surface.
uplift.
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chemical makeup of a rock.
texture.
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Light colored igneous rocks
felsic rocks
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Dark colored igeous rocks
mafic rocks
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When magma intrudes, or pushes, into surrounding rock below the earth's surface and cools, the rock that forms
intrusive igneous rock.
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Igneous rock that forms from magma that erupts, or extrudes, in the earth's surface.
extrusive igneous rock.
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