Rock Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
Rock cycle order
A
- Weathering
- Erosion
- Transportation
- Deposition
- Burial/compression/cementation
- Heat/pressure
- Melting
- Cooling
- Exposure
2
Q
Weathering
A
Breaking down rocks into smaller pieces
Freeze thaw cracking and expansion cracking
3
Q
Erosion
A
Wearing down rocks by rain, wind
4
Q
Transportation
A
Moving eroded rock around the world by wind and water
5
Q
Deposition
A
Laying down of sediment
6
Q
Burial/ compression/ cementation
A
Squeezing and compressing layers of sediment until they eventually form sedimentary rock
7
Q
Heat/ pressure
A
Further squashing and heating forms metamorphic rock
8
Q
Melting
A
Intense heating makes the rock partially melt into magma
9
Q
Cooling
A
Solidification of magma forms igneous rock
10
Q
Exposure
A
Rock is exposed again and the cycle repeats
