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. (TINY PIECES OF ROCKS 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 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 that erupts from a volcano. Above the Earth’s surface.

Question 14

Volcanoes

Answer 14

A vent or fissure in Earth’s surface through which magma and gasses are expelled.

Question 15

Divergent boundary

Answer 15

When tectonic plates split apart.

Question 16

Transform Boundary

Answer 16

When Tectonic plates slide each other.

Question 17

fault

Answer 17

Breaks in the crust. The movement causes seismic waves which produces earthquakes

Question 18

Mid - ocean ridge

Answer 18

A long ridge of underwater volcanoes between two diverging oceanic plates.

Question 19

Subduction zone

Answer 19

A plate where one tectonic plate sinks under another and melts. Also forms a trench