Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary

The process of breaking rocks down into sediment

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Compaction

The process of sediment being carried away (by water or wind)

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process of sediment being dropped somewhere

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cementation

• Compaction

The process of sediment being squeezed and packed together

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cementation

• Compaction

The process of sediment being hardened into a rock

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cementation

• Compaction

The process of lava/magma cooling and becoming solid

• Metamorphosing

• Crystallization

• Cementation

• Compaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The processes that create an igneous rock

• Heat and pressure

• Melting, then crystallization

• Weathering and erosion

• Deposition, compaction, and cementation

The processes that create a metamorphic rock

• Heat and pressure

• Melting, then crystallization

• Weathering and erosion

• Deposition, compaction, and cementation

The processes that create sediment

• Heat and pressure

• Melting, then crystallization

• Weathering and erosion

• Deposition, compaction, and cementation

The processes that create a sedimentary rock

• Heat and pressure

• Melting, then crystallization

• Weathering and erosion

• Deposition, compaction, and cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1