Rock Cycle Vocabulary

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 of and solidification of sediment

Question 3

Igneous Rock

Answer 3

Formed by a volcano or solidification of a molten rock

Question 4

Metamorphic Rock

Answer 4

Formed by extreme heat and pressure changes that structure of rock

Question 5

Rock Cycle

Answer 5

The process in which rocks are continuously between the rock type

Question 6

Sediment

Answer 6

Mineral or organic matter carried and deposited by water or wind that may be consolidated into a rock (tiny pieces of rocks or minerals )

Question 7

Weathering

Answer 7

Breaks rocks down into sediment using wind ice, water, extreme temperatures

Question 8

Erosion

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Deposition

Answer 9

When sediment are deposited or dropped off in different location

Question 10

Cementation

Answer 10

The hardness and sticking of mineral

Question 11

Molten

Answer 11

Liquefied by heat

Question 12

Magma

Answer 12

A hot, molten rock below the earth surface

Question 13

Lava

Answer 13

Molten rock that erupts from volcano