1. This project and its actions were made possible due to co-financing by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals Rocks Subject(s):Geography, Science Age group(s): 12–14, 15–16 Topic:Rocks cycle vocabulary EAL Nexus resource 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.

2. rock cycle

3. The repeated breaking and building of rocks

4. a volcano

5. a mountain that may erupt

6. molten rock

7. hot liquid rock lava magma

8. molten rock above ground a mixture of molten or semi- molten rock underground

9. cracks

10. fractures

11. a dike

12. a vertical crack filled with magma

13. a sill

14. a horizontal crack filled with magma

15. crystals

16. the solidification of a substance

17. sediment

18. small particle of rock

19. Sedimentary rock

20. rock formed from sediment

21. fossils

22. evidence of living things preserved in rocks

23. Igneous rock

24. rock formed when magma cools

25. metamorphic rock

26. rock changed by heat or pressure

27. freeze thaw

28. repeated freezing and thawing of water

29. expansion or contraction

30. growth or shrinkage caused by heating and cooling of rocks

31. weathering

32. physical and chemical breakdown of rocks

33. erosion

34. the movement of weathered rock

35. to crumble

36. to disintegrate, fall apart

37. brittle

38. can be broken up easily

39. scree

40. sharp fragments of loose rock on mountain slopes

41. texture

42. the appearance and feel of a substance