Rock Transformations Vocab

the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water

• Rock

• Uplift

• Weathering

• Mountain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion

• Sediment

• Sedimentary

• subduction

• Uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• Subduction

• Sediment

• Sample

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

small pieces of rock

• pebble

• sediment

• cliff

a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like

• sediment

• formation

• sample

• model

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

everything made of rock: magma, sediment, and all rock types

• rock materials

• Rock formations

• rock boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• rock sample

• rock formation

• rock transformation

the place where two plates meet

• plate boundary

• plate edge

• plate

• matter

one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer

• cup

• plate

• bowl

• dish

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4