Rock Cycle and Rock Types

Rock formed from cooling of magma or lava.

• Morph

• Rock Cycle

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Erosion

• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.

• Morph

• Rock Cycle

• Metamorphic Rock

• Ignis (Latin)

The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

• Ignis (Latin)

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.

• Sediment

• Ignis (Latin)

• Metamorphic Rock

• Morph

A slow cycle that builds, destroys and changes rocks in Earth's crust.

• Sediment

• Rock Cycle

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Change in shape or form.

• Morph

• Igneous Rock

• Rock Cycle

• Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Fire.

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Ignis (Latin)

• Erosion