The Rock Cycle

A rock formed from material that is deposited by water, wind, or glaciers. It is formed from this material when it is squeezed or cemented together when water moves through the rock and soil. It could have fossils.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• deposition

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Rocks that are formed from cooled magma that are often very hard or full of small holes (porous). They have minerals in the form of crystals.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• deposition

A rock that has gone through a transformation by heat, pressure, or other processes. It is then a new type of rock that usually has bands and swirls in it.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• deposition

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Earth’s recycling process where igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks change into and form one another.

• weathering

• erosion and transport

• burial and compaction

• the rock cycle

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The breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earth’s surface.

• weathering

• erosion and transport

• burial and compaction

• the rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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The process by which soil and rock particles are worn away and moved elsewhere by gravity, or by a moving transport agent – wind, water or ice.

• weathering

• erosion and transport

• burial and compaction

• the rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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The laying down of small rocks and soil carried by wind, water, or ice.

• crystallization

• burial and compaction

• deposition

• uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

As layers are piled one upon another, sometimes by hundreds of meters of sediment above. The weight of these layers are squash down the sediment grains.

• crystallization

• burial and compaction

• deposition

• uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Minerals grow and solidify in magma or lava. The growth is a highly organized three-dimensional structure that is repeated.

• crystallization

• burial and compaction

• deposition

• uplift

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The processes that turn any rock into magma and then later, under the right conditions, solidify the magma back into rock.

• deposition

• uplift

• burial and compaction

• melting and cooling

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