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Rock cycle flashcards with igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock types for 8th Grade.
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Rock Types and the Rock Cycle Flashcards

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This 28-card flashcard set covers igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock types and formation processes for 8th Grade earth science. Topics include plutonic and volcanic rock textures, rock compositions (felsic, mafic), weathering and erosion, sediment transport, compacting and cementing, metamorphism types, and the rock cycle. Use it for geology vocabulary review, unit study, or exam preparation.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Earth Science
Grade Level:
8th Grade
Updated September 2025

Terms in This Set

  • Igneous Rock
  • Plutonic/Intrusive
  • Volcanic/Extrusive
  • Aphanitic
  • Phaneritic
  • Porphyritic
  • Pegmatitic
  • Glassy
  • Vesicular
  • Felsic
  • Intermediate
  • Mafic
  • Ultramafic
  • Sedimentary Rock
  • Weathering
  • Erosion
  • Deposition
  • Compacting
  • Cementing
  • Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Organic Sedimentary Rock
  • Chemical Sedimentary Rock
  • Metamorphic Rock
  • Regional Metamorphism
  • Contact Metamorphism
  • Foliated
  • Non-foliated
  • Rock Cycle

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