The rock cycle

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Weathering
Breaking down rocks.
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Erosion
Wearing down rocks.
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Transportation
Moving eroded bits of rock round the world by wind and water.
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Deposition
Laying down of sediment.
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Burial/Compression/Cementation
Squeezing and compressing the layers - eventually they form sedimentary rocks
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Heat/Pressure
Further squashing and heating - turns the rocks into metaphorbic rocks.
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Melting
Heating makes the rock partially melt - that changes it to magma.
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Cooling
Solidification of the molten rock.
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Exposure
Back to weathering and erosion again.
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Extra
The amount of rock on the surface is always about the same, even thoug it's weathered away.
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Card 2

Front

Wearing down rocks.

Back

Erosion

Card 3

Front

Moving eroded bits of rock round the world by wind and water.

Back

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Card 4

Front

Laying down of sediment.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Squeezing and compressing the layers - eventually they form sedimentary rocks

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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