Matching Pairs Rock Cycle Vocabulary Online version Rock Cycle Vocabulary by Cynthia Stinnette 1 Deposition 2 Weathering 3 Erosion 4 Sedimentary Rock 5 The Rock Cycle 6 Fossil 7 Divergent Boundary 8 Metamorphic Rock 9 Igneous Rock 10 Transform Boundary 11 Convergent Boundary The movement of rock by wind and water. The breaking up of rock by plants, water, and animals. the never ending cycle of how rocks are broken down and formed. Rocks that are changed by HEAT and PRESSURE into a new rock. The preserved remains or imprints of animals, plants, and other organisms. Rocks that form when small pieces are COMPRESSED together into layers. They often contain fossils. The process by which eroded sediment is deposited and added to a land form. Rocks that form when hot magma or lava COOL and harden.