Rock Cycle Vocabulary Words

Question 1

Rock

Answer 1

A solid made up of many different minerals.

Question 2

Sedimentary Rocks

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 the 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 may consolidate into a rock. (TINY PIECES OF ROCK OR MINERALS.)

Question 7

Weathering

Answer 7

Breaks rock down into 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 off in different locations.

Question 10

Cementation

Answer 10

The hardening and the 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 erupts from a volcano. Above the Earth’s surface.