Reading Street, Rocks in his Head, Vocab& skill, By: teacher Riham El-Ashry
Types of Rocks - Vocab Cards...1 Types of Rocks - Vocab Cards erosion noun the process by which...
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TypesofRocks-VocabCardserosionerosionnoun
theprocessbywhichmaterialfromtheearth'ssurfaceistheprocessbywhichmaterialfromtheearth'ssurfaceismovedbyforcessuchasglaciers,wind,andwater.movedbyforcessuchasglaciers,wind,andwater.
Duringastrongstorm,erosioncanchangethemakeupofapieceoflandbymovingkeynutrientsandminerals.
fossilfossil noun
theremainsortraceofaliv inganimalorplantfromalongtheremainsortraceofaliv inganimalorplantfromalongtimeago.timeago.Theyarefoundembeddedinearthorrock.Theyarefoundembeddedinearthorrock.
Thefossilofanancientfishtrappedintherocksupportedthetheorythattheareahadoncebeenasea.
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igneousigneousadjective
formedbyavolcanoorthesolidificationofmoltenrock.formedbyavolcanoorthesolidificationofmoltenrock.
Graniteisanigneousrock;itwasformedfrommoltenrock.
lavalavanoun
hot,meltedrockthateruptsfromavolcano.hot,meltedrockthateruptsfromavolcano.
Claireranfromtheriverofhot,fierylavathatcamespillingoverthesidesofthevolcano.
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magmamagmanoun
hot,l iquidmatterbeneaththeearth'ssurfacethatcoolstohot,l iquidmatterbeneaththeearth'ssurfacethatcoolstoformigneousrock.formigneousrock.Whenitreachestheearth'ssurface,asWhenitreachestheearth'ssurface,aswhenavolcanoerupts,itiscalledlava.whenavolcanoerupts,itiscalledlava.
DeepbelowEarth'ssolidsurface,magmaisflowingthatonedaywillcoolintorock.
metamorphicmetamorphicadjective
formedbyextremeheatorpressurethatchangestheformedbyextremeheatorpressurethatchangesthestructureofrock.structureofrock.
Marbleisonetypeofmetamorphicrock.It’sformedfromanotherrockunderheatandpressure.
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mineralmineral noun
apure,hardsubstanceintheearththatdoesnotcomeapure,hardsubstanceintheearththatdoesnotcomefromananimaloraplant.fromananimaloraplant.
Atthemuseum,wesawararemineralthatwasfoundundergroundinTexas.
sedimentsedimentnoun
materialdepositedbywater,wind,orice.materialdepositedbywater,wind,orice.
Theglacierleftbehinddifferenttexturedsedimentasitadvanced.
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sedimentarysedimentary adjective
formedfromsediment.formedfromsediment.
Limestoneisonetypeofsedimentaryrock,asyoucanseebyitsdifferentlayersofsediments.
weatherweatherverb
tochangeasaresultofbeingexposedtotheweather.tochangeasaresultofbeingexposedtotheweather.
Theredwoodendeckchairsweatheredtoasoftpinkaftersittingoutsideallsummer.
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