Rocks

Molten rock below Earth's surface.

• magma

• sediment

• fossil

• foliation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• rock cycle

• compaction

• sediment

• fossil

Rock that forms as molten rock cools and becomes solid.

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

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

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

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

• foliation

• magma

• intrusive igneous rocks

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Arrangement of minerals in flat or wavy parallel bands.

• foliation

• fossils

• sediment

• cementation

Pressing together of sediments into sedimentary rock.

• extrusive igneous rocks

• compaction

• cementation

• magma

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

• compaction

• cementation

• foliation

• rock cycle

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

• fossils

• foliation

• rock cycle

• compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4