Rock Cycle Vocabulary

Rock formed by layers of sediment

Organic materials carried and deposited by water or wind

The movement of small pieces of rock or sediment due to wind, water, gravity and other natural forces

Hot, molten rock below the Earth's surface

Small pieces of sand, clay and other material broken down by weathering and erosion

Rocks formed by volcanoes or when magma solidifies

The remains or traces of a plant or animal that lived in another geologic age

To age or change as a result of being exposed to the elements

Rocks formed by intense heat and pressure. These rocks were once Igneous or Sedimentary

Molten rock that erupts from a volcano