rock cycle 7.2.1

When a liquid cools into a solid that is made up of repeating patterns.

• Deposition

• Crystallization

• Erosion

• Melting

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The breaking down of rocks, soil and minerals through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water and biological organisms.

• erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Deformation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A Process in which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform or landmass.

• Deposition

• Crystallization

• Erosion

• Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Destructive process in which water or wind loosens and carries away fragments of rock.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deformation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The physical process that results in a solid turning into a liquid.

• Crystallization

• erosion

• Melting

• Deformation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The action or process of changing in shape or distorting, especially through the application of pressure.

• Erosion

• Melting

• Weathering

• Deformation

What is happening in this picture?

• Weathering

• Deformation

• Melting

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Look close at this rock and see if you can tell what word best describes what created the holes and rounded this rock.

• Deposition

• Melting

• Weathering

• Crystallization

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What word below best describes what happened to create the weird shapes in this rock?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Melting

• Deformation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is deposition?

• Particles of rock (sediments) laid down in a new location, usually in layers.

• When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.

• When rock matter gets so hot it turns into liquid.

• Sediments are compacted as more and more pile together.