https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi Made with a curious mind en-us 2018-01-30 16:44:03 UTC 2025-11-28 15:03:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226186517 Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water (rivers, lakes, and oceans)]]> 2018-01-30 16:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226186517 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226187822 Lithification (from the Ancient Greek word lithos meaning 'rock' and the Latin-derived suffix -ific) is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock. Essentially, lithification is a process of porosity destruction through compaction and cementation.]]> 2018-01-30 16:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226187822 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226189373 compaction. (kəm-pāk'shən) The process by which the porosity of a given form of sediment is decreased as a result of its mineral grains being squeezed together by the weight of overlying sediment or by mechanical means. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary.]]> 2018-01-30 16:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226189373 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226190133 alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat, pressure, or other natural agency.]]> 2018-01-30 16:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226190133 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226191229 hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling.]]> 2018-01-30 16:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226191229 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226192088 volcanic activity or phenomena.]]> 2018-01-30 16:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226192088 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226192870 Crystallization is the process by which a solid forms, where the atoms or molecules are highly organized into a structure known as a crystal.]]> 2018-01-30 16:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226192870 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226193598 Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms.]]> 2018-01-30 16:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226193598 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226194624 In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it away to another location]]> 2018-01-30 16:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226194624 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226195394 Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass]]> 2018-01-30 16:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226195394 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226196714 Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. ]]> 2018-01-30 17:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226196714 3049101 https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226197806 Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle]]> 2018-01-30 17:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3049101/8mnurkg596fi/wish/226197806