Rock Transformations Vocabulary Flashcard

Front

The process of sediment being glued together

Back

cementation

Front

The process of sediment being buried and pressed together

Back

compaction

Front

the ability to make things move or change

Back

energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Front

The movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water.

Back

erosion

Front

The rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid.

Back

igneous rock

Front

hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

Back

magma

Front

anything that has mass and takes up space

Back

matter

Front

The rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock.

Back

metamorphic rock

Front

a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type

Back

rock formation

Front

the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

Back

subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3