Matching Pairs Rock Cycle Vocabulary Online version Rock Cycle Vocabulary by Cynthia Stinnette 1 Erosion 2 The Rock Cycle 3 Sedimentary Rock 4 Convergent Boundary 5 Transform Boundary 6 Metamorphic Rock 7 Igneous Rock 8 Deposition 9 Weathering 10 Divergent Boundary 11 Fossil The breaking up of rock by plants, water, and animals. 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 movement of rock by wind and water. the never ending cycle of how rocks are broken down and formed. 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. Rocks that are changed by HEAT and PRESSURE into a new rock.