Rock Cycle Vocabualry

the natural process of adding transported sediments to a landform

• erosion

• lithification

• deposition

• weathering

the transport of fragments of rock by water, wind, ice, or gravity

• erosion

• lithification

• deposition

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

rock formed from the cooling of molten rock on Earth’s surface

• Extrusive igneous rock

• Intrusive igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

rock formed from the cooling of molten rock below Earth’s surface

• Extrusive igneous rock

• Intrusive igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

molten rock that has erupted onto Earth’s surface

• deposition

• weathering

• magma

• lava

the compaction and cementing of sediment into rock

• lithification

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

molten rock below Earth’s surface

• lava

• sediment

• deposition

• magma

rock that has been changed by heat and pressure

• extrusive igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

a continuous series of events through which a rock is transformed from one type to another

• rock cycle

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

rock fragments that have been transported to a different location

• deposition

• sediment

• erosion

• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2