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Term used to describe metamorphic rocks that have grains arranged in parallel layers of bands

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The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight

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The process by which dissolved minerals crystallized and glue particles of sediment together into one mass

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Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations

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The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil

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Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth’s surface

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Igneous rock that from lava on Earth’s surface

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A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition

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A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust

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The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats

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A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another

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A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions

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A type of rock that forms from when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

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A type of rock that forms from cooling of molten rock at or below surface

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The theory that the Earth had largely been shaped by sudden, short-lived,violent events

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Gradualism
Pattern of evolution characterized by the slow and steady accumulation of small genetic changes over long periods of time

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Uniformitarianism
The theory that changes in the earth’s crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes