Slide 1 Slide 2 WEATHERING AND EROSION Slide 3 Rock Cycle Slide 4 Slide 5 WEATHERING I. Weathering - The breakdown of rock due to exposure to the atmosphere, weather, plants,…

1. Prentice Hall EARTH SCIENCE Tarbuck Lutgens 2. Chapter 3 Rocks 3. 3.1 The Rock Cycle  Rocksare any solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter occurring naturally…

1. Sedimentary Rock 2. Sedimentary Rock  Sedimentary rock is created when existing rock breaks downinto sediments, and then the sediments are recombined by compaction…

1. Sedimentary Rocks 3.3 2. ErosionThe incorporation and transportation of material by a mobile agent, such as water, wind, or ice. 3. Deposition The process by which an…

Slide 1 Warm Up 1.The igneous rock texture that is characterized by two distinctly different crystal sizes is called ____. a. porphyritic texturec. fine-grained texture b.…

Slide 1 3 Chapter 3 Rocks Slide 2 Fascinating Fact Digging at a rate of one foot per minute, it would take you 87 years to tunnel all the way through Earth. Slide 3 Rocks…

Slide 1 Sedimentary Rock Slide 2 Sedimentary rock is created when existing rock breaks down into sediments, and then the sediments are recombined by compaction and cementation…

Slide 1 HOW OLD IS OLD? The Rock Record and Geologic Time Chapter 3 Slide 2 The chalk cliffs Are found in many Sites in Europe and Are all similar in Age. The “Cretaceous”…

Slide 1 3 Chapter 3 TYPES OF: Slide 2 Rocks  Rocks are any solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter occurring naturally as a part of our planet.  Types of Rocks…

Prentice Hall EARTH SCIENCE Tarbuck Lutgens  Chapter 3 Rocks 3.1 The Rock Cycle  Rocks are any solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter occurring naturally as part…