Rocks and Rock Cycle Vocab

Rock that forms from magma or lava is

• Extrusive Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

A mixture of molten rock and gases, including water vapor, which forms underground

• Extrusive

• Lava

• Igneous Rock

• Magma

Magma that flows over Earth's surface

• Extrusion

• Intrusion

• Lava

• Igneous Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An igneous rock that forms underground from hardened magma

• Extrusive rock

• Intrusive Rock

• Crystal

• Mineral

An igneous rock that forms at Earth's surface

• Extrusive Rock

• Intrusive Rock

• Sediment

• Igneous Rock

Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living organisms

• Sediment

• Soil

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rock that forms over time as sediment is squeezed and cemented together

• Sediment

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Sedimentary rocks that form from the broken fragments of other rocks

• Foliated Rocks

• Non-Clastic Rocks

• Banded Rocks

• Clastic Rocks

Rock that has been changed by temperature, pressure, or reactions with hot water

• Magma

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A metamorphic rock with crystals arranged in parallel bands

• Non-foliated Rock

• Clastic Rock

• Foliated Rock

• Banded Rock