The Rock Cycle

A mountain getting smaller over time.

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compacting and Cementing

• Heat and Pressure

• Melting or Cooling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Accumulating layers of sediment on the ocean floor.

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compacting and Cementing

• Heat and Pressure

• Melting or Cooling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A rock buried deep inside of Earth for thousands of years.

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compacting and Cementing

• Heat and Pressure

• Melting or Cooling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Lava flowing into the ocean.

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compacting and Cementing

• Heat and Pressure

• Melting

• Cooling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Solid rock turning into a liquid.

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compacting and Cementing

• Heat and Pressure

• Melting

• Cooling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sediment transported (moved) by rivers to the ocean.

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compacting and Cementing

• Heat and Pressure

• Melting or Cooling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Forms when molten, liquid rock turns solid.

• Sediment

• Molten Rock

  (Magma/Lava)

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous

  Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Igneous rock formed quickly on Earth's surface.

• Intrusive Rock

• Extrusive Rock

• Plutonic Rock

• Volcanic Rock

Igneous rock formed slowly inside of Earth.

• Intrusive Rock

• Extrusive Rock

• Plutonic Rock

• Volcanic Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Forms when broken pieces of other rocks accumulate and get cemented together.

• Sediment

• Molten Rock

  (Magma/Lava)

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous

  Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4