Rocks Vocabulary

a naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more types of minerals

• Ore

• lava

• rock

• mineral

molten rock beneath the Earth's surface

• lava

• magma

• igneous rock

• density

Lava is...

• a rock that contains enough of a valuable mineral to be mined for a profit

• molten rock beneath the Earth's surface

• molten rock that reaches a planet’s surface through a volcano

• the set of natural, repeating processes that form, change, break down, and re-form rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

rock that forms as molten rock cools and becomes solid

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metasedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

rock formed as pieces of older rocks and other loose materials get pressed or cemented together or as dissolved minerals reform and build up in layers.

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive igneous rock

rock formed as heat or pressure causes existing rock to change in structure, texture, or mineral composition

• metamorphic rock

• extrusive metamorphic rock

• intrusive metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

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solid materials such as rock fragments, plant and animal remains, or minerals that are carried by water or by air and that settle on the bottom of a body of water or on the ground

• mountains

• runoff

• sediment

• subduction

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igneous rock that forms as magma cools below Earth’s surface

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

• metamorphic rock

• Intrusive Igneous Rock

• sedimentary rock

Igneous rock that forms as lava cools on Earth’s surface

• Intrusive igneous rock

• Sedimentary extrusive rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Extrusive igneous rock

The rock cycle is.....

• solid materials such as rock fragments, plant and animal remains, or minerals that are carried by water or by air and that settle on the bottom of a body of water or on the ground

• a trace or the remains of a once-living thing from long ago

• the set of natural, repeating processes that form, change, break down, and re-form rocks

• igneous rock that forms as magma cools below Earth’s surface