Rock transformation vocabulary

The process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.

• compaction

• cementation

• melting

• coolling

• magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Molten rock beneath the earth's surface

• compaction

• cementation

• melting

• coolling

• magma

The process that presses sediments together

• compaction

• cementation

• melting

• coolling

• magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• erosion

• cementation

• weathering

• subduction

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• erosion

• cementation

• weathering

• subduction

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• erosion

• cementation

• weathering

• subduction

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.

• erosion

• cementation

• weathering

• subduction

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• mineral

• rock

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• mineral

• rock

A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or inorganic matter.

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• mineral

• rock