Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary

What is a natural non-living solid that is made of minerals?

• rock

• sedimentary

• rock cycle

• mineral

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A _______ is a natural, non-living solid that is made of elements.

• sediment

• mineral

• igneous

• metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is an ongoing process in which rocks constantly go through different changes?

• minerals

• metamorphic

• rock cycle

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

_______ rock is formed from sediments pressed or compacted.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Mineral

Rock that is formed by immense heat and pressure

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• weathering

Rock that is formed when molten rock cools

• magma

• igneous

• metamorphic

• rock cycle

natural material that is weathered, deposited, and then settles

• rock

• mineral

• rock cycle

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

slow process in which wind, rain, and plants break down rocks

• weathering

• sediment

• crystals

• metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

molten rock in the earth

• magma

• igneous

• rock cycle

• lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Metamorphic rock is formed by

• pressure

• melting

• heat and pressure

• heat