Classifying rocks vocabulary

When compacted sediments stick together and turn into rock

• Sedimentation

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Deposition

Rock formed when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and cemented together

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rock particles or sediments pressed together or packs down by gravity and pressure

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Deposition

• Sedimentation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rock formed deep underground due to heat and pressure

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The unique combination of solid elements and compounds that make up a mineral

• Sediments

• Magma

• Rocks

• Mineral composition

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Melted, or molten rock, beneath the Earth's surface

• Magma

• Rocks

• Sediments

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Molten rock, or magma, that has reached the Earth's surface by volcanic action

• Magma

• Lava

• Rocks

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rock formed when lava or magma cools, forms crystals and solidifies

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process that formed and changed Earth from its beginning to the present

• Sedimentation

• Earth's evolution

• Metamorphosis

• Compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The cycle through which Earth's rocks change from one type into another over time due to various processes

• Rock cycle

• Metamorphosis

• Sedimentation

• Earth's evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1