Rock Cycle

particles arranged in repeating geometric patterns

• minerals

• gemstones

• crystals

• igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

magma that flows onto Earth's surface

• erosion

• deposition

• mineral properties

• lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations

• deposition

• erosion

• igneous intrusive

• sediment

metamorphic

• a rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment

• rocks that have been broken down into fragments

• non-living material that are found naturally on Earth

• a rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes

erosion

• the process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

• the natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rock.

• the molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gases produced under Earth's surface

• The type of rock with large crystals, such as granite, and is formed from magma cooling on the inside of Earth's crust.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

igneous intrusive

• lava cooling outside the Earth's crust, usually forms air holes or pores from trapped gases

• the molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gases produced under Earth's surface

• the type of rock with large crystals, such as granite, and is formed from magma cooling on the inside of Earth's crust

• the rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies

Mohs hardness scale

• scientists who study Earth and the processes that have shaped Earth over time

• non-living material that are found naturally on Earth

• a scale used to measure the weight of rocks

• a scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest; used in testing the hardness of minerals

organic

• something that is not made up of living things or the remains of living things

• living or once living

• a scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest; used in testing the hardness of minerals

• characteristics of mineral or crystals that make the unique

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

mineral

• non-living material that are found naturally on Earth

• something that is not made up of living things or the remains of living things

• living or once living

• particles arranged in repeating geometric patterns

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

mineral properties

• a scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest, used in testing the hardness of minerals

• scientists who study Earth and the processes that have shaped Earth over time

• the natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rock.

• characteristics of mineral or crystals that make them unique (luster, hardness, color, clarity, light refraction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2