Vocabulary Book #17

Describes how rocks on Earth form and change over time

• Rock Sediment

• Erosion

• Rock Cycle

• Animals

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When rocks are pushed deep below Earth’s surface, they can melt to form

• Lava

• Magma

• Crust

• Sand

Magma that reaches Earth’s surface through volcanic activity.

• Magma

• Core

• Erosion

• Lava

Transports sediment from one place to another

• Motion of rocks

• Sand

• Deposition

• Erosion

Breaks igneous and other types of rocks into smaller pieces called sediment

• Weathering

• Chemical balance

• Infusion

• Sedimentation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Drops sediment in a new location.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Sedimentation

• Rock cycle

The process of rocks crumbling due to rain, wind, or other atmospheric conditions

• Mechanical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The interaction of rock with mineral solutions (chemicals) to change the composition of rocks.

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The hardening and welding of clastic sediments (those formed from preexisting rock fragments) by the precipitation of mineral matter in the pore spaces.

• Acid rain

• Metamorphic

• Cemented

• Rocks

Landslides occur when masses of rock, earth, or debris move down a slope.

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Mudslides

• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2