Matching Pairs Rock Cycle Vocabulary Online version Rock Cycle Vocabulary by Cynthia Stinnette 1 Erosion 2 Metamorphic Rock 3 The Rock Cycle 4 Weathering 5 Transform Boundary 6 Igneous Rock 7 Sedimentary Rock 8 Fossil 9 Convergent Boundary 10 Deposition 11 Divergent Boundary The breaking up of rock by plants, water, and animals. the never ending cycle of how rocks are broken down and formed. The movement of rock by wind and water. 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 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 hot magma or lava COOL and harden.