Rocks and Rock Cycle Vocabulary

Molten rock that erupts on Earth's surface

• deposit

• lava

• magma

• mineral

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Naturally occurring, inorganic, solid with a definite chemical composition and an orderly arrangement of atoms

• deposit

• lava

• magma

• mineral

Sediment or rock added to a landform

• deposit

• lava

• magma

• mineral

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Molten or liquid rock underground

• deposit

• lava

• magma

• mineral

Natural, solid mixture of minerals or particles

• extrusive rock

• rock

• rock cycle

• sediment

Series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock

• extrusive rock

• rock

• rock cycle

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rock material that is broken down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water as rocks erode

• extrusive rock

• rock

• rock cycle

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Igneous rock that cools and crystallizes on Earth's surface

• extrusive rock

• rock

• rock cycle

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Igneous rock that forms as magma cools underground

• biochemical rock

• cementation

• intrusive rock

• volcanic glass

Rock that forms when lava cools too quickly to form crystals

• biochemical rock

• cementation

• intrusive rock

• volcanic glass