Earth Materials

Rock formed deep underground where heat and pressure cause existing rocks to be changed

• Sedimentary Rock

• Energy

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

The process in which rocks undergo transformations

• Energy

• Sedimentary Rock

• Rock Cycle

• Igneous Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Rock formed by the deposition of sediments cemented together over geological time

• Sedimentary Rock

• Rock Cycle

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

The ability of a system to do work

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Energy

• Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Rock formed when lava or magma cools and solidifies

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Rock Cycle

Some rocks contain __________ that are thousands of years old. This provides ______________ for the long history of Earth and its changing life forms

• sediments, erosion

• minerals, proof

• nitrogen, carbon

• fossils, evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The ___________ shows how rocks move on and under Earth's surface and change from one type to another

Sand and rock deposited at the end of a waterfall and eventually compacted and cemented are _______________

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Heat and pressure can change the grain size and minerals that make up ______________ rocks

How do the processes of weathering and erosion COMPARE?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2