The Rock Cycle and Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

A solid made up of one or more minerals

• Rock

• Mineral

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A naturally occurring solid substance that does not come from animal or plant

• rock

• mineral

• sediment

• magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks that have formed from magma that has cooled

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks that have been formed from being compacted and made up of sediment that have cemented together

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

• deposition

Rocks that have been changed from other rocks by heat and pressure

• mineral

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Hot molten rock located deep below the earth's surface

• magma

• rock

• sediment

• deposition

many pieces of broken down rock and soil

• mineral

• rock

• sediment

• deposition

The process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces by chemical or physical forces

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• minerals

the movement of rock pieces from place to place

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• rock cycle

Particles are dropped in a new location

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• rock cycle