RT Vocab

The process of sediment being buried and pressed together

• cementation

• erosion

• compaction

The process of sediment being glued together

• compaction

• cementation

• erosion

The rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

Hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

• Magma

• Lava

• Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Matter

• Rocks

• Things

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water

• Erosion

• Energy

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The ability to make things move or change

• Energy

• Ability

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

The process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Uplift

The process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion

• Uplift

• Weathering

• Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2