hot, liquid rock

• sediment

• magma

• metamorphic rock

• strata

rocks formed by the build-up of sediments into layers that are compacted (squeezed) and broken off over time

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• sediments

• igneous

the trace of remains of an organism that lived long ago

• fossil

• magma

• strata

• igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

rocks that have been changed over time from igneous or sedimentary by heat and pressure

• intrusive igneous

• sediment

• metamorphic

• extrusive igneous

forms when hot, liquid rock called magma cools and solidifies

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

describes the texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are not arranged in planes or bands

• foliated

• non foliated

• fossil

rock and mineral fragments

• compaction

• metamorphic

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of lava at the earth's surface

• intrusive igneous

• extrusive igneous

• metamorphic rock

substances packed together tightly

• compaction

• foliated

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

when wind, water, ice and heat break down rocks into smaller fragments

• sedimemt

• deposition

• weathering

• compaction