https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68 Made with serendipity en-us 2018-01-30 21:51:03 UTC 2025-04-21 13:37:41 UTC hello@padlet.com 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226355254 Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water (rivers, lakes, and oceans), ice ( glaciers ), and wind. Sedimentary rocks are often deposited in layers, and frequently contain fossils. Note :Limestone and shale are common sedimentary rocks.]]> 2018-01-30 21:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226355254 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226355505 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 21:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226355505 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226355702 . (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.]]> 2018-01-30 21:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226355702 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226355946 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 21:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226355946 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226356150 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 21:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226356150 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226356520 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 21:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226356520 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226356890 Crystallization is also a chemical solid–liquid separation technique, in which mass transfer of a solute from the liquid solution to a pure solid crystalline phase occurs. In chemical engineering, crystallization occurs in a crystallizer.]]> 2018-01-30 21:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226356890 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226357430 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 22:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226357430 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226357739 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 22:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226357739 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226358145 The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil. SEDIMENT. Small, solid particles of material from rocks or organisms which are moved by water or wind, resulting in erosion and deposition.]]> 2018-01-30 22:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226358145 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226358430 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 22:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226358430 3065141 https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226358798 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 22:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3065141/xmaw2febe68/wish/226358798