Rock Cycle

the compaction and cementing of sediment into rock

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• lithification

rock formed from sediments, organic remains, or chemical precipitates (ex. limestone)

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• soil

A metamorphic rock is weathered and eroded. The sediments are lithified and compacted. It is now

• a metamorphic rock.

• an intrusive igneous rock.

• a sedimentary rock.

• an extrusive igneous rock.

A sedimentary rock is subducted and melted into magma. The magma cools underground. It is now

• a metamorphic rock.

• an intrusive igneous rock.

• a sedimentary rock.

• an extrusive igneous rock.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A metamorphic rock is subducted and melted. The magma enters a volcano, erupts as lava, and cools. It is now

• a metamorphic rock.

• an intrusive igneous rock.

• a sedimentary rock.

• an extrusive igneous rock.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A rock is weathered into fragments by ocean waves. The waves erode the fragments and deposit them onto a beach. It is now

• a metamorphic rock.

• sediment.

• a sedimentary rock.

• soil.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process by which molten rock cools and hardens into solid rock

• lithification

• erosion

• crystallization

• melting

rock formed from the cooling of molten rock on Earth’s surface (ex. pumice)

• extrusive igneous rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• lava

• magma

rock that has been changed by heat and pressure (ex. marble)

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• soil

rock fragments that have been transported to a different location

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3