Rocks and Minerals

Process in which rock changes from one type to another.

• erosion

• weathering

• desposition

• rock cycle

Process by which water wind, ice, break down rock.

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• rock cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Process that moves sediment from one place to another.

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• rock cycle

Process by which sediment comes to rest.

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• rock cycle

Sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations.

• atom

• compound

• subsidence

• element

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Pure substances that can’t be broken down into simpler substances.

• atom

• compound

• subsidence

• element

The building blocks of matter.

• atom

• compound

• subsidence

• element

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Two or more elements combined.

• atom

• compound

• subsidence

• element

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Sedimentary rocks can form in several different ways. Which of the following are all different types of sedimentary rock?

• chemical, clastic, organic

• clastic, inorganic, chemical

• organic, clastic, nonfoliated

• crystalline, chemical, organic

Which properties describe all matter?

• having volume and charge

• having mass and taking up space

• having atoms and taking up space

• having molecules and temperature