2.1 rocks

Question 1

Rock

Answer 1

A natural occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter.

Question 2

Rock cycle

Answer 2

A continual process by which new rocks form from old rock material.

Question 3

Weathering

Answer 3

Water wind ice and heat break down rock.

Question 4

Erosion

Answer 4

Sediment is removed from its source.

Question 5

Deposition

Answer 5

The process in which material is laid down.

Question 6

Uplift

Answer 6

A movement within Earth that cause rocks inside the Earth that cause rocks inside the Earth to be moved to the Earths surface.

Question 7

Composition

Answer 7

The chemical makeup of rock describes their minerals or other materials in the rock.

Question 8

Texture

Answer 8

The quality of a rock that is based on the sizes shapes and positions of the rocks grains.

Question 9

Sedimentary rock

Answer 9

Grains of sand and other sediment are eroded from hills and mountains and wash down rivers into the ocean.

Question 10

Metamorphic rock

Answer 10

Large pieces of earths crust collide and some rock is forced downward.

Question 11

Magma

Answer 11

Hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts.

Question 12

Igneous rock

Answer 12

Sand and grains form which then are pushed up to the surface.

Question 13

Sediment rock

Answer 13

Uplift and erosion expose the Igneous rock at earths surface then is whetted down and wears away into grains .