Rock Cycle Vocab

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Define "Sedimentary Rock"

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Formed when sediments are compacted over time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Define Weathering

Back

When rocks are broken down into sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Define "Metamorphic Rock"

Back

Formed under the earth’s surface with heat and pressure.

Front

Crust: Top layer, thinnest, has valuable resources.

Back

Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Define "Geologist"

Back

A person who studies rocks

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Define "Deposition"

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When sediments and particles are carried away by erosion and are dropped elsewhere.

Front

Lithosphere

Back

The outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Define "Inorganic"

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Does not come from living things

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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Core: Innermost layer of the Earth, has 2 parts: inner/outer.

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Core

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Rock Cycle

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Process of rocks changing from one type to another.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1