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• A natural accuring inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and
• definite chemical composition.

• Solid crystal structure that is
• inorganic

Not formed from living or the remains of living things

• Solid not
• made from living things

• A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats
• again and again

Atoms arranged in a solid

Rock that contains a mental or other economically useful mineral


A rock that has metal

• A solid mixture of two or more elements, at least one of them which is
• metal

Elements in a rock

• A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or
• below the surface

A rock thats made in mantle

• A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by
• heat, pressure, or chemical reaction

A rock made from another

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

Rocks put together over time

Breakdown of Earth's rocks, soils, and minerals

Minerals wearing away

Erosion is the process of weathering and transport of solids in the natural environment or their source and deposits them elsewhere

Something breaking down the enviroment

The process by which material is added to a landform or land mass.

Materials into landforms

• Sediment is naturally-occurring material that is broken down by
• processes of weathering and erosion

land mass that is being broken

Magma is a mixture of molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth

Hot material under the Earth