Rocks, Minerals and the Rock Cycle

The placing of sediments in a new location from where they are created.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Sediments
• Cementation

The movement of sediments from one location to another by wind,water,ice, or gravity.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Sediments
• Cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Small particles of weathered rock that is moved and deposited by wind,water,ice or gravity .

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Sediments
• Cementation

The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by physical and chemical forces.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Sediments
• Weathering 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Type of rock that is formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material.

• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Igneous Rock

A type of rock made of lava or magma and is formed by melting, cooling and crystallizing.

• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Igneous Rock

A type of rock that is made from existing rock that is formed under intense heat and pressure.

• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Igneous Rock

The Rock Cycle...

• is a method for finding rocks.

• is a process that describes how one type of rock can change into another over time

• is a description of how minerals form.

• describes how rocks are only broken down.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Formed by heat and pressure

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Extrusive Igneous
• Intrusive Igneous

Formed by compacting & cementing of sediments

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Extrusive Igneous
• Intrusive Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1