Rocks and Rock Cycle vocabulary

A naturally occurring solid that has a specific chemical makeup

• mineral

• rock

• metamorphic

• melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A natural substance made of 1 or more minerals

• mineral

• rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Rocks formed when lava or magma cools.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Rocks that have CHANGED FORM because of high heat or pressure.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Rocks that form when deposits of rocks or sediment get buried and with pressure it all gets pushed together.

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Metamorphic rock turns into magma (rock like a liquid)

Like: Solid → Liquid

• melting

• cooling/crystallization

• heat and pressure

• mineral

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Magma or lava: the temperature changes from hot → cold

As it cools, crystals grow, forming an igneous rock.

• melting

• cooling/crystallization

• weathering

• erosion

Very hot molten (like liquid) rock INSIDE  the earth.

• magma

• lava

• weathering

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Very hot molten (like liquid) rock ON THE SURFACE of the earth.

• magma

• lava

• sediment

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Breaking rocks and minerals into smaller pieces because of: water, ice, acid, plants, temperature changes.

• weathering

• erosion

• sediment

• melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2