Rock Cycle Vocab

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Rock formed from compressed or cemented sediment layers

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Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Not a major rock type?

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Magma

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Deposition is...

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the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations

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Processes breaking and carrying away rock, sand, and soil

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Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment particles together.

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Cementation

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Sediments pressed together under their weight.

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Compaction

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Processes changing rocks on Earth's surface and inside

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Rock Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Weathering is...

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the breaking down of rocks and materials on Earth's surface.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Rock changed by heat & pressure

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Metamorphic rock

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Rock formed from cooling molten rock at or below the surface

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Igneous rock