The Rock Cycle Vocab

A form of energy that contributes to the transformation of rocks into metamorphic rocks.

• Marble

• Heat

• Pressure

• Crust

The rigid outer layer of the Earth, composed of the crust and the upper mantle.

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Sediment

the outer layer of Earth, composed of solid rock.

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Crust

The process by which rocks change from one type to another due to geological processes.

• Igneous rock

• The carbon cycle

• The hydrologic cycle

• The rock cycle

the process by which a substance's molecules or atoms align in a repeating structure.

• Heat

• Sediment

• Crystallization

• Heat And Pressure

a natural glass made when lava cools quickly without forming crystals.

• Lava

• Obsidian

• Sandstone

• Marble

the part of Earth's crust that underlies the ocean basins.

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Oceanic crust

• Mantle

the liquid layer of Earth's core that surrounds the inner core.

• Inner core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Outer core

An artificial sedimentary rock made of pieces of rock that are glued together with a material called cement.

• Concrete

• Marble

• Graphite

• Sandstone

a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition

• Sediment

• Crystal

• Mineral

• Obsidian