My luminous canvas by Hali Reed https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji Made with the best of intentions en-us 2019-04-29 19:49:59 UTC 2025-04-28 17:49:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Rock Cycle: hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355197515 an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion]]> 2019-04-29 20:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355197515 hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355198091 2019-04-29 20:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355198091 Weathering & Erosion. Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks on the surface of the earth are constantly being broken down by wind and water. Wind carrying sand wears particles off rock like sandpaper. Rushing river water and crashing surf rub off all the rough edges of rocks, leaving smooth river rocks or pebbles behind. Water seeps into the cracks in mountain rocks, then freezes, causing the rocks to break open. The result of all this: large rocks are worn down to small particles. When the particles are broken off a rock and stay in the same area, it is called weathering. When the particles are carried somewhere else, it is called erosion. hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355198447 2019-04-29 20:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355198447 Transportation. Eroded rock particles are carried away by wind or by rain, streams, rivers, and oceans. hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355198839 2019-04-29 20:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355198839 Deposition. As rivers get deeper or flow into the ocean, their current slows down, and the rock particles (mixed with soil) sink and become a layer of sediment. Often the sediment builds up faster than it can be washed away, creating little islands and forcing the river to break up into many channels in a delta. hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199052 2019-04-29 20:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199052 Compaction & Cementation. As the layers of sediment stack up (above water or below), the weight and pressure compacts the bottom layers. (Try making a stack of catalogs and watch how the bottom one gets squished as you add more on top – this is the same idea as the compaction of layers of sediment.) Dissolved minerals fill in the small gaps between particles and then solidify, acting as cement. After years of compaction and cementation, the sediment turns into sedimentary rock. hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199188 2019-04-29 20:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199188 Metamorphism. Over very long periods of time, sedimentary or igneous rocks end up buried deep underground, usually because of the movement of tectonic plates. While underground, these rocks are exposed to high heat and pressure, which changes them into metamorphic rock. This tends to happen where tectonic plates come together: the pressure of the plates squish the rock that is heated from hot magma below. (Tectonic plates are large sections of the earth’s crust that move separately from each other. Their movement often results in earthquakes.) hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199333 2019-04-29 20:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199333 hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199464 2019-04-29 20:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199464 hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199830 2019-04-29 20:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355199830 hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355200747 2019-04-29 20:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355200747 hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355201022 2019-04-29 20:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355201022 hreed0811 https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355201270 2019-04-29 20:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hreed0811/knupzkqlrhji/wish/355201270