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 rock types.

Question 6

Sediment

Answer 6

Mineral or organic matter carried deposited by water or wind that may consolidate into rock. (TINY PIECES OF ROCKS OR MINERALS.)

Question 7

Weathering

Answer 7

Breaks rock down into sediments using, wind, ice water, and extreme temperatures.

Question 8

Erosin

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 or mineral grains.

Question 11

Molten

Answer 11

Liquified 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 volcano. Above the earth’s surface.