Rock Types Vocab

any mineral that makes up most of the Earth's crust

• granite

• rock forming mineral

• metamorphic

• extrusive

a dark, dense, igneous rock with a fine texture found in oceanic crust

• granite

• texture

• basalt

• grain

the look and feel of a rock's surface

• foliated

• deposition

• organic

• texture

type of rock formed from the cooling of molten rock

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat and pressure

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath the surface

• intrusive

• extrusive

• clastic

• organic

the process by which ice, wind, water or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil.

• deposition

• compaction

• erosion

• foliated

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight

• cementation

• chemical rock

• compaction

• rock forming mineral

sedimentary rocks that form when rock fragments are squeezed together under high pressure

• organic rocks

• chemical rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• clastic rocks

sedimentary rocks that forms when minerals crystallize from a solution

• igneous rock

• clastic rock

• chemical rock

• organic rock