Rock Cycle Vocabulary Words

Question 1

Rock

Answer 1

A solid made up of many different minerals

Question 2

Sedimentary rock

Answer 2

Rocks that have been formed through the deposition of and solidification of sediment

Question 3

igneous rock

Answer 3

Formed by a volcano or the solidification of melton 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 rock are continuously transformed between the 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 rocks as result of being exposed to the elements: 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 off in different location

Question 10

Cementation

Answer 10

The hardening and sticking of mineral grains.

Question 11

Molten

Answer 11

Liquefied by heat.

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; also the solid rock that forms when molten rock cools above the earths surface.