Rock Cycle Vocabulary Quiz

the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.

• magma

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process of being broken down by wind, water, or other natural agents.

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

• cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

when sediments, soil, or rocks are added to the land

• sedimentary rock

• erosion

• deposition

• compaction

when sand, dirt, clay, and/or small rocks are pressed together over time so that the space between the pieces gets smaller

• sediment

• compaction

• magma

• cementation

a process where sediment is chemically glued together when minerals precipitate from the water they are dissolved in and fill the pore space between compressed sediment.

• sediment

• deposition

• magma

• cementation

a molten and semi-molten rock mixture found in Earth’s mantle.

• magma

• igneous rock

• cementation

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below Earth’s surface.

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms; earth materials deposited by erosion

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• sediment

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks of the remains of plants or animals are pressed and cemented together.

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1