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 transferred between the 2 rock types

Question 6

Weathering

Answer 6

To age or change rock as a fesult of being exposed to the elements: wind, ice, water.

Question 7

Erosin

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Deposition

Answer 8

When sediments are deposited or dropped off in a different location

Question 9

comentation

Answer 9

The hardening and sticking of mineral grains

Question 10

Molten

Answer 10

Liquified by heat

Question 11

Magma

Answer 11

A hot, molten rock below the Earth’s surface

Question 12

Lava

Answer 12

Molten rock that erupts from a volcano. Above the Earth’s surface.