Ch. 4 Vocab

Question 1

Collection of sediment that has been dropped by wind, water, or another agent of erosion.

Answer 1

Deposit

Question 2

Small particle of soil or rock deposited by wind, water, or another agent of erosion.

Answer 2

Sediment

Question 3

Igneous rock that forms on Earth’s surface from rapidly cooling lava.

Answer 3

Extrusive rock

Question 4

Igneous rock that forms beneath Earth’s surface from slowly cooling magma.

Answer 4

Intrusive rock

Question 5

Sticking together of sediments by mineral crystals from fluids.

Answer 5

Cementation

Question 6

Squeezing together of sediments by the weight of overlying sediments.

Answer 6

Compaction

Question 7

Preserved remains or traces of a once-living organism.

Answer 7

Fossil

Question 8

Changes in rock due to heating by contact with hot magma.

Answer 8

Contact metamorphism

Question 9

Formation of layers in rock due to extreme pressure.

Answer 9

Foliation

Question 10

Changes in rock over a large area due to pressure from other rock.

Answer 10

Regional metamorphism

Question 11

State of minerals in rock after metamorphism.

Answer 11

Stable