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EAL Nexus
resource
Rocks
Subject(s): Geography, Science
Age
group(s):
12–14, 15–16
Topic:
Rocks cycle vocabulary
Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2014
Source | This resource was originally developed by Nerissa Lea and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
rock
cycle
brittle crack crumble
crystals dike erosion
expansion or contraction
fossil
freeze thaw
igneous
lava
magma
metamorphic rock
molten rock scree
sediment
sedimentary
sill
texture
volcano
weathering
The repeated
breaking and
building of
rocks
a mountain that may
erupt
hot liquid rock
lava
magma
molten rock
above ground
a mixture of
molten or semimolten rock
underground
fracture
a vertical crack
filled with magma
a horizontal crack
filled with magma
the solidification
of a substance
small
particle of
rock
rock formed from sediment
evidence of living things
preserved in rocks
rock formed when magma cools
rock changed by heat
or pressure
repeated freezing and
thawing of water
growth and shrinkage
caused by heating
and cooling of rocks
physical and chemical
breakdown of rocks
the movement of
weathered rock
disintegration,
falling apart
can be broken up easily
sharp fragments of
loose rock on
mountain slopes
the appearance
and feel of a
substance