Rock Cycle

Question 1

Rock

Answer 1

A solid made up of many different minerals.

Question 2

Sedimentary Rock

Answer 2

Rocks that have been formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment.

Question 3

Metamorphic Rock

Answer 3

Formed by extreme heat or pressure that changes the structure of rock.

Question 4

Rock Cycle

Answer 4

The process in which rocks are continuously transformed between the 3 rock types.

Question 5

Sediment

Answer 5

Mineral or organic matter carried and deposited by water or wind that may consolidate into rock.

Question 6

Weathering

Answer 6

To age or change rock as a result of being exposed to the elements: wind, ice, water, and extreme temperatures.

Question 7

Erosion

Answer 7

The movement of small pieces of rock or sediment due to wind, water, gravity, and other natural forces.

Question 8

Deposition

Answer 8

When sediments are deposited or dropped off in a different location.

Question 9

Cementation

Answer 9

The hardening and sticking of mineral grains.

Question 10

Molten

Answer 10

Liquified by heat.

Question 11

Magma

Answer 11

A hot, molted rock below the Earth’s surface.

Question 12

Lava

Answer 12

Molten rock that erupts from a volcano or vent; also the solid rock that forms when molten rock cools.

Question 13

Igneous Rock

Answer 13

Formed by a volcano or the solidification of a rock.