Rock Cycle Vocab

Rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Classic Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which is not a major kind of rock?

• Igneous

• Magma

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Deposition is...

• the process of putting money in a bank

• the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations

• the process in which magma cools to form Igneous rock

• the process in which Metamorphic rock melts into magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken and carried away

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass

• Depostion

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight.

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Rock Cycle

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Rock Cycle

• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Weathering is..

• Weather

• the breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface

• Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations

• Molten rock rising to the Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rock that has been changed by heat and pressure

• Metamorphic rock

• Polymorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Heavy rock