Rock Cycle Vocabulary

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Rock Cycle Vocabulary

Magma

Lava

Volcano

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Sediment

Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface

Melted rock that reaches Earth’s surface

An opening in Earth’s surface through which magma is released

The process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces

A process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to new places

The dropping of pieces of weathered rock carried by water, wind, or ice

Weathered rock and other materials deposited by water, wind, or ice

Sedimentary Rock

Igneous Rock

Rock that forms from compacted sediment

Rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens (from volcanoes)

Metamorphic Rock Rock that forms when existing rock is exposed to high heat, high pressure, or both

Rock Cycle The continual change of rock from one kind to another

Law of Superposition The principle that in undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, older layers of rock lie beneath younger rock layers

Rock Cycle Vocabulary

Magma

Lava

Volcano

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Sediment

Sedimentary Rock

Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface

Melted rock that reaches Earth’s surface

An opening in Earth’s surface through which magma is released

The process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces

A process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to new places

The dropping of pieces of weathered rock carried by water, wind, or ice

Weathered rock and other materials deposited by water, wind, or ice

Rock that forms from compacted sediment

Igneous Rock Rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens (from volcanoes)

Metamorphic Rock Rock that forms when existing rock is exposed to high heat, high pressure, or both

Rock Cycle The continual change of rock from one kind to another

Law of Superposition The principle that in undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, older layers of rock lie beneath younger rock layers

Rock Cycle Vocabulary

Magma

Lava

Volcano

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Sediment

Sedimentary Rock

Melted rock beneath Earth’s surface

Melted rock that reaches Earth’s surface

An opening in Earth’s surface through which magma is released

The process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces

A process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to new places

The dropping of pieces of weathered rock carried by water, wind, or ice

Weathered rock and other materials deposited by water, wind, or ice

Rock that forms from compacted sediment

Igneous Rock Rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens (from volcanoes)

Metamorphic Rock Rock that forms when existing rock is exposed to high heat, high pressure, or both

Rock Cycle The continual change of rock from one kind to another

Law of Superposition The principle that in undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, older layers of rock lie beneath younger rock layers

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