Rock Cycle Vocabulary

the breakdown of rock by physical processes

• chemical weathering

• compaction

• physical weathering

• metamorphism

rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• uplift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Igneous rock that forms as magma cools underground

• extrusive rock

• cementation

• intrusive rock

• metamorphic rock

a substance that is made of crystals and has a specific chemical composition and geometric shape

• crystal

• lava

• magma

• mineral

the breakdown of rock by chemical reactions....ex: water dissolves sediments

• physical weathering

• gravity

• cementation

• chemical weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

igneous rock that forms when magma cools quickly on Earth’s surface

• intrusive rock

• metamorphic rock

• extrusive rock

• sedimentary rock

the continuous set of processes by which rock can change from one type to another; a model of how the flow of energy drives the cycling of rock material in the geosphere

• the water cycle

• the life cycle

• the rock cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

a solid structure with atoms arranged in a repeating geometric pattern

• crystal

• mineral

• compaction

• sedimentary

rock changed in composition or texture by heat and pressure

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

rock formed from the deposition of dissolved materials, rock fragments, or the remains of organisms

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4