Amplify Rock Transformations Vocabulary

​ (a)   the process of sediment being glued together

• cementation
• compaction
• cross section
• energy

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ESS3.C

​ (a)   the process of sediment being buried and pressed together

• compaction
• cementation
• cross section
• energy

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ESS3.C

​ (a)   a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• cross section
• energy
• compaction
• erosion

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ESS3.C

​ (a)   the ability to make things move or change

• energy
• cross section
• erosion
• igneous rock

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ESS3.C

​ (a)   the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water

• erosion
• igneous rock
• magma
• matter

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ESS3.C

​ (a)   the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid

• igneous rock
• magma
• matter
• metamorphic rock

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ESS2.C

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ESS3.C

​ (a)   hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

• magma
• matter
• metamorphic rock
• mineral

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​ (a)   anything that has mass and takes up space

• matter
• metamorphic rock
• mineral
• plate

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​ (a)   the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock

• metamorphic rock
• mineral
• plate
• plate boundary

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​ (a)   one of the many different types of matter that make up rocks

• mineral
• plate
• plate boundary
• rock formation

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ESS3.C