Rock Cycle

Question 1

Rock

Answer 1

A solid made up of many different minerals

Question 2

Sedimentrary rock

Answer 2

Rocks that have been formed throught the deposition and solidifcation of sediment.

Question 3

Igneous rock

Answer 3

Formed by a volcano or the solidification of molten rock.

Question 4

Metamorphic rock

Answer 4

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

Question 5

rock cycle

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Sediment

Answer 6

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

Question 7

weathering

Answer 7

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

Question 8

erosion

Answer 8

the movement or small pices of rock sedimet due to wind, water, gravity and other natural forces.

Question 9

cemetation

Answer 9

the hardening and sticking of mineral grains.

Question 10

molten

Answer 10

liquified by heat

Question 11

deposition

Answer 11

when sediements are deposited or dropped off in a differernt location.

Question 12

magma

Answer 12

a hot, molten rock below the earths surface.

Question 13

lava

Answer 13

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