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Occurs when rock particles or sediments are pressed together or packed down by gravity and the pressure of overlying rock layers.

• Compaction

• Ocean trench

• Rock cycle

• Plate tectonic theory

• Earth's evolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The process by which gravity, water, wind, and ice deposit weathered and relocated sediment.

• Deposition

• Sedimentary rock

• Ocean trench

• Magma

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediment from one place to another.

• Erosion

• Heat and pressure

• Igneous rock

• Mineral composition

• Sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Changing variables due to the weight of overlying rocks, causing changes to rock characteristics and mineral composition, thus forming metamorphic rocks.

• Heat and pressure

• Volcanic eruption

• Earth's evolution

• Compaction

• Sedimentary rock

Formed when lava or magma cools and solidifies. Lava cools quickly and forms rocks with small crystals, while magma cools more slowly and forms rocks with larger crystals.

• Igneous rock

• Plate tectonic theory

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Plate tectonic theory

Molten rock or magma that has reached Earth's surface by volcanic action; characterized by small crystals due to rapid cooling on Earth's surface.

• Lava

• Mineral composition

• Sedimentary rock

• Heat and pressure

• Cementation

Melted or molten rock material beneath Earth's surface; cools slowly to form rocks with larger crystals.

• Magma

• Compaction

• Mineral composition

• Deposition

• Igneous rock

Deep and narrow depressions in the seafloor where the subducted plate moves into the asthenosphere.

• Ocean trench

• Mineral composition

• Metamorphic rock

• Weathering

• Volcanic eruption

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the asthenosphere.

• Plate tectonic theory

• Deposition

• Mineral composition

• Mountain

• Ocean trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Forms when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and are compacted (crushed together), and cemented (binding of the sediments).

• Sedimentary rock

• Cementation

• Plate tectonic theory

• Mountain

• Rock cycle