Unit 5 Vocabulary ( Rock Cycle)

small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things

• Sediment

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous

  Rock

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

• Sediment

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous

  Rock

rock that has been changed by heat and pressure

• Sediment

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous

  Rock

a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

• Sediment

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous

  Rock

A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another

• Rock Cycle

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Lavaification

The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together

• Rock Cycle

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Lava

the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight

• Rock Cycle

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Lava

Liquid magma that reaches the surface; also the rock formed when liquid lava hardens.

• Magma

• Cementation

• Compaction

• Lava

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4