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 through the deposition and solidification 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 the 3 rocks

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, amd extreme temperatures

Question 8

Erosion

Answer 8

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

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, molten rock below the earth surface

Question 12

Lava

Answer 12

molten rock that erupts from volcano also the solid rock that forms when molten rock cools above the earth’s surface

Question 13

Deposition

Answer 13

When sediments are deposited or dropped off in a different location