Rock cycle vocab

Question 1

Rock

Answer 1

A solid made up of any minerals.

Question 2

Sedimentary

Answer 2

Rocks have been formed 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 and pressure that changes the structure of the rock

Question 5

Rock cycle

Answer 5

the process are continually transformed between the 3 rock types

Question 6

sediment

Answer 6

mineral or organic mater carried and deposited by water or wind that may consolidate into rock (tiny pieces of rock or minerals)

Question 7

Weathering

Answer 7

breaking rocks down to sediment using wind ice water and 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

deposition

Answer 9

when sediments are deposited or dropped of a different location

Question 10

cementation

Answer 10

the hardening and sticking of minerals grains

Question 11

molten

Answer 11

liquified by heat

Question 12

magma

Answer 12

a hot molten rock below the earth’s surface

Question 13

lava

Answer 13

molten rock that erupts from a volcano above the earths suface