4.12 Rock Formations

the process that BREAKS DOWN rocks into smaller pieces caused by wind, rain, ice, chemicals, freezing, or thawing

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• The Hulk

A solid piece of the earth's surface made up of one or more minerals

• Magma

• Lava

• Rock

• Ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks that have been changed from other rocks by heat and pressure

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Rocks that have formed from being compacted and made up of sediment that have cemented together

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

Rocks that have formed from magma that has cooled

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Volcanic

• Metamorphicc

Many pieces of broken-down rock and soil

• Rocks

• Pebbles

• Sediments

• Sod

Hot molten rock located deep below the earth’s surface

• Crust

• Magma

• Lava

• Core

The MOVEMENT of rock pieces from place to place

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

The oldest layers are found on the

• Top

• Bottom

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition