Rock Cycle Processes

Categorize each sentence based on the process transforming rock.

Groups:

(a) Compaction and Cementation

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(b) Heat and Pressure

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(c) Melting

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(d) Solidification

• Lava erupting from a volcano into the ocean.

• Shale transforming into slate due to increased temperature and pressure.

• Sedimentary rock buried deep under Earth's surface.

• Fossils being buried and compacted in sediment.

• Igneous rock forming as magma cools underground.

• Ice changing into water.

• Sediment at the bottom of the ocean.

• Layers of sediment accumulating over time.

• Metamorphic rock getting so hot that it becomes molten.

• Crystals forming as molten rock cools.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sediment may be buried and ​ (a)   , then cemented together. It will become a new ​ (b)   rock. The grains are cemented together by ​ (c)   that form between the grains.

• sedimentary
• igneous
• compacted
• weathered
• minerals
• plants

Heat and ​ (a)   cause physical and / or chemical changes. These changes alter the composition and / or texture of existing rock to form new ​ (b)   rock. Pressure can cause ​ (c)   changes. Pressure can also cause changes to the texture of a rock.

• sedimentary
• water
• physical
• metamorphic
• pressure
• chemical

If rock is exposed to enough ​ (a)   , it can melt completely into a ​ (b)   . Melting turns rock into ​ (c)   rock (magma / lava).

• pressure
• solid
• igneous
• molten
• heat
• liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Solidification turns magma or lava into ​ (a)   rock. Molten rock can cool slowly. This forms igneous rocks with ​ (b)   crystals. Lava cools very ​ (c)   . This forms igneous rocks with small crystals or glassy textures.

• metamorphic
• small
• igneous
• large
• quickly
• slowly