2.1 rock cicle

Question 1

a solid formed in nature with one or more minerals

Answer 1

rock

Question 2

the process in which a rock forms and changes from one type to another

Answer 2

rock cycle

Question 3

the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment

Answer 3

erosion

Question 4

the process in which material is laid down

Answer 4

deposition

Question 5

the chemical makeup of a rock

Answer 5

compostion

Question 6

the quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and positions of the rock’s grains

Answer 6

texture

Question 7

grains of sand and other sediment are eroded from hills and mountains and wash down a river to the ocean

Answer 7

sedimentary rock

Question 8

when large pieces of the Earth’s crust collide, some of the rock is forced downward

Answer 8

metamorphic rock

Question 9

uplift and erosion expose the igneous rock at Earth’s surface

Answer 9

sediment

Question 10

magma is usually less dense than the

Answer 10

igneous rock

Question 11

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Answer 11

magma