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  1. Whats Erosion?
    The removal and transportation of loose Earth material.
  2. What is Deposition?
    The settling of eroded Earth material.
  3. What are Sediments?
    The particles of Earth material that settles out of water.
  4. What are the layers of Earth in order?
    Crust, mantel, outer core, inner core.
  5. What type of rock changes due to heat and/or pressure?
    Metamorphic rocks.
  6. What type of rock usually contains fossils?
    Sedimentary Rocks :)
  7. Tell how all three rocks form. (Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary!)
    • Igneous-When molten rock cools and hardens
    • Sedimentary- When particles are cemented together
    • Metamorphic- When a rock changes due to heat/pressure.
  8. How does the cooling rate affect the size of the crystals?
    Larger=BIGGER
  9. Extrusive or intrusive for cooling rate question
    INTRUSIVE
  10. What types can form sediments?
    All
  11. The rock cycle?
    A cycle showing the series in which rocks change and form this cycle is never ending, is happening now, and first happened when Earth formed.
  12. Relate rock layers to age?
    The more layers the older
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