Rock Transformations Vocabulary

the process of sediment being glued together

• cementation

• energy

• erosion

• magma

the process of sediment being buried and pressed together

• compaction

• energy

• lava

• sample

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the ability to make things move or change

• energy

• sediment

• subduction

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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

• erosion

• energy

• magma

• lava

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• rock and roll

hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

• magma

• sediment

• erosion

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

anything that has mass and takes up space

• matter

• mass

• rocks

• rock transformation

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-1

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

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• rock and roll

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type

• rock formation

• sample

• sediment

• subduction

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS1-1

a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like

• sample

• sediment

• matter

• rock