The Rock Cycle 1.1

Question 1

Rock Cycle

Answer 1

The series of processes in which a rock forms, changes one type to another,is destroyed, and forms again by geological processes.

Question 2

Rock

Answer 2

A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter.

Question 3

Erosion

Answer 3

The process by which wind, water,ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.

Question 4

Deposition

Answer 4

The process in which materials is laid down.

Question 5

Composition

Answer 5

The chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock

Question 6

Texture

Answer 6

The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock .

Question 7

Weathering

Answer 7

The quality of a rock that is based on the sizes, shapes, and positions of the rocks grains.

Question 8

Uplift

Answer 8

A movement within the Earth that causes rocks inside the Earth to be moved to Earth’s surface.

Question 9

Sedimentary Rock

Answer 9

Sediments are eroded from mountains into the river.Over time it forms layers in the river. Then sediment id compacted in together.

Question 10

Metamorphic Rock

Answer 10

Large pieces of earths crust collide and they are forced downward. At great depths heat and pressure heat and squeeze to form…….

Question 11

Magma

Answer 11

The hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts is called…

Question 12

Igneous Rock

Answer 12

magma rises and cools and solidifies to become what……

Question 13

Sediment

Answer 13

Uplift and erosion expose the igneous rock at the earths surface.The igneos rock then weathers And wears away grains of sand and clay.