Earth Processes

Define: Igneous Rock

• Rock formed from cooling lava or magma

• Rock that has been altered by heat and pressure

• Rock formed from the combination of sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Define: Metamorphic Rock

• Rock formed from cooling lava and magma

• Rock that has been altered by heat and pressure

• Rock formed from the combination of sediments

Define: Sedimentary Rock

• Rock formed from cooling lava or magma

• Rock that has been altered by heat and pressure

• Rock formed from the combination of sediments

Define: Magma

• Molten rock within the Earth

• Molten rock on Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Define: Lava

• Molten rock within the Earth

• Molten rock on Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Define: Physical/Mechanical Weathering

• When rocks are broken into smaller pieces but the minerals are not changed

• When a chemical reaction changes the minerals that are in a rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Define: Chemical Weathering

• When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces but the minerals are not changed

• When a chemical reaction changes the minerals that are in the rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Define: Intrusive Igneous Rock

• Rocks formed from cooling magma in the Earth

• Rocks formed from cooling lava on the surface

Define: Extrusive Igneous Rocks

• Rocks formed from cooling magma in the Earth

• Rocks formed from cooling lava on the surface

True or False: Different plate boundaries create different landforms.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3