rocks cycle

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 molten rock

Question 4

Metamorphic rock

Answer 4

Formed by extreme heat or pressure that changes the structure of rock

Question 5

Rock cycle

Answer 5

The process in which rocks are contentiously 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

To age or change rock as result of being exposed to the elements ; wind, ice , water, and extreme temperature.

Question 8

erosion

Answer 8

The movement of small pieces of sediment die 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 harding and sticking of mineral grains.

Question 11

molten

Answer 11

liquified by heat

Question 12

magma

Answer 12

a hot, molten rock below the earths surface.

Question 13

lava

Answer 13

molten rock that erupts from a volcano t; also the solid rock forms when molten rock cools above the earths surface.