Rock Transformations

the process of sediment being glued together

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Erosion

• Time

the process of sediment being buried and pressed together

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Pressure

• Energy

the ability to make things move or change

• Ability

• Erosion

• Pressure

• Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water

• Cementation

• Erosion

• Compaction

• Weathering

hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

• Lava

• Sediment

• Magma

• Matter

the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

the rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

small pieces of rock

• Magma

• Sediment

• Candy

• Minerals

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

• Uplift

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1