Rock Transformations

Question 1

Cementation⚪️

Answer 1

The process of sediment being glued together

Question 2

Compaction 🕳️➡️⬅️ ➡️⬅️ ➡️⬅️ ➡️⬅️

Answer 2

The process of sediment being buried and pressed together

Question 3

Cross section

Answer 3

A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

Question 4

Energy

Answer 4

The ability to make things move or change

Question 5

Erosion ⤴️

Answer 5

The movement of sediment from on place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water

Question 6

Igneous rock ☄️

Answer 6

The rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid

Question 7

Magma

Answer 7

Hot liquid rock below the surface of earth

Question 8

Ⓜ️atter

Answer 8

Anything that has mass and takes up space

Question 9

Metamorphic rock

Answer 9

The rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock

Question 10

Mineral

Answer 10

One of many different types of matter that makes up rocks.

Question 11

Plate

Answer 11

One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up earths outer layer

Question 12

Plate boundary

Answer 12

The place where to plates meet

Question 13

Rock formation

Answer 13

A region of rock that formed together as a single rock type.

Question 14

Rock material

Answer 14

Everything made of rock: magma, sediment, and all rock types.

Question 15

Sample

Answer 15

A small part that is meant to show what the whole is like.

Question 16

Sediment

Answer 16

Small pieces of rock

Question 17

Sedimentary rock⚪️

Answer 17

This rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together

Question 18

Subduction

Answer 18

The process by which rock material moves under earths Luther layer and into the mantle.

Question 19

Uplift

Answer 19

The process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion

Question 20

Weathering

Answer 20

The process’s of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind moving water