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 molten rock

Question 4

Metamorphic rock

Answer 4

Formed by extreme heat and pressure that changes the structure of rock

Question 5

Rock cycle

Answer 5

The process in which rocks 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 rock as a result of being exposed to 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 a different location.

Question 10

Cementation

Answer 10

The hardening and sticking of minerals grains

Question 11

Molten

Answer 11

Liquefied 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 Earth’s surface