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 of the solidification of moliten 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

Breaks rocks down into sediment using wind, ice, water, and extreme temperatures

Question 8

erosion

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Deposition

Answer 9

When sediment are deposited or dropped off in a different location

Question 10

cementation

Answer 10

The hardening and sticking of 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 the erupts from a volcano above the earths surface