Rock Cycle Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: Weathering is the process of ______ or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.

• wearing

• breaking

• eroding

• crumbling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Erosion is the process of being broken down by ______, water, or other natural agents.

• wind

• fire

• earthquake

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Deposition occurs when ______, soil, or rocks are added to the land.

• sediments

• water

• plants

• animals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Fill in the blank: Compaction is when sand, dirt, clay, and/or small rocks are pressed together over time so that the space between the pieces gets ______.

• smaller

• larger

• unchanged

• wider

Cementation is a process where sediment is chemically glued together when minerals precipitate from the water they are dissolved in and fill the pore space between ______ sediment.

• compressed

• loose

• solid

• granular

Fill in the blank: Magma is a molten and semi-molten rock mixture found in Earth’s ______.

• mantle

• crust

• core

• atmosphere

Fill in the blank: Igneous Rock is a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below Earth’s ______.

• surface

• core

• crust

• mantle

Fill in the blank: Sediment consists of small solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms; earth materials deposited by ______.

• erosion

• photosynthesis

• evaporation

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Fill in the blank: Sedimentary Rock is a type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks of the remains of plants or animals are pressed and ______ together.

• cemented

• melted

• evaporated

• dissolved

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Fill in the blank: Metamorphic Rock is a type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or ______ reactions.

• chemical

• physical

• biological

• nuclear