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

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 proseces in which rocks are continuously transformed between the 3 rock types

Question 6

sediment

Answer 6

mineral or organic matter carried and deposited bywater or wind that may consolldlite into rock

Question 7

wethering

Answer 7

breaks rocks downinti sediment using wind ice water and extreme tempertures

Question 8

erosion

Answer 8

the movment of small pieces of rock or sediment due to wind water gracity and other natural

Question 9

deposition

Answer 9

when sediments are deposited or dropped off in a different location

Question 10

cemaention

Answer 10

the hardening and sticing of mineral grians

Question 11

molten

Answer 11

liquified by heat

Question 12

magma

Answer 12

a hot molten rock beow earths surface

Question 13

lava

Answer 13

molten rock that erupts from a volcano above the earths surface