Rocks

Front

Molten rock below Earth's surface.

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magma

Front

rock fragments, plant and animal remains, minerals that settle to the bottom of water.

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sediment

Front

Rock that forms as molten rock cools and becomes solid.

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igneous rock

Front

Rock formed from pieces of other rock and loose material that get cemented together or dissolved minerals re-form.

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sedimentary rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Front

Rock formed as heat or pressure causes a change in existing rock

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metamorphic rock

Front

A trace or the remains of a once living thing from long ago.

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fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Arrangement of minerals in flat or wavy parallel bands.

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foliation

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Pressing together of sediments into sedimentary rock.

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compaction

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When particles in sedimentary rocks are held together by minerals that have crystallized between them.

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cementation

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Natural processes that form, change, break down, and re-form rocks.

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rock cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1