https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2018-01-30 18:30:24 UTC 2018-01-30 18:45:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226254365 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. ]]> 2018-01-30 18:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226254365 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226256669 Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water]]> 2018-01-30 18:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226256669 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226257209 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.]]> 2018-01-30 18:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226257209 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226257792 Metamorphism is the change of minerals or geologic texture in pre-existing rocks, without the protolith melting into liquid magma. The change occurs primarily due to heat, pressure, and the introduction of chemically active fluids]]> 2018-01-30 18:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226257792 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226258164 Magma is a mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and is expected to exist on other terrestrial planets and some natural satellites.]]> 2018-01-30 18:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226258164 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226258461 Volcanism is the phenomenon of eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of the Earth or a solid-surface planet or moon, where lava, pyroclastics and volcanic gases erupt through a break in the surface called a vent.]]> 2018-01-30 18:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226258461 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226259087 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 18:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226259087 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226259957 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 18:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226259957 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226260436 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 18:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226260436 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226260667 Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass. Wind, ice, water, and gravity transport previously weathered surface material, which, at the loss of enough kinetic energy in the fluid, is deposited, building up layers of sediment.]]> 2018-01-30 18:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226260667 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226261304 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 18:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226261304 3049891 https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226262163 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 18:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/3049891/hc2bf63mhmhk/wish/226262163