7th Rock Transformation Vocab

part of a population

anything that has mass and takes up space

small pieces of rock

the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water

the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water

the ability to make things move or change

the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid

the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock

hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

the process of sediment being buried and pressed together

the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate movement

the process of sediment being glued together

the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion

the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together

a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type