Vocab U2L3 Practice

When magma or lava cools and hardens to become solid

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• gneiss rock

When minerals that form from solutions or sediment from older rocks

get pressed & cemented together

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• limestone rock

when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive rock

the process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process by which sediment is moved from one place to another

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

• sediment

the process by which sediment comes to rest

• erosion

• sediment

• weathering

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

processes in which rock changes from one type to another

• rift zone

• subsidence

• rock cycle

• uplift

the rising of regions of the earth's crust to higher elevations

• rift zone

• uplift

• subsidence

• rock cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the sinking of regions of the earth's crust to lower elevations

• rift zone

• subsidence

• uplift

• rock cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

an area where a set of deep cracks form

• rift zone

• uplift

• rock cycle

• subsidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2