Unit 2 Lesson 2: The Rock Cycle

Question 1

Weathering

Answer 1

The process by which water, wind, ice and changes in temperature break down rock.

Question 2

Erosion

Answer 2

The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.

Question 3

Deposition

Answer 3

The process by which sediment comes to rest.

Question 4

Igneous Rock

Answer 4

Forms when magma or lava cools and hardens to become solid.

Question 5

Sedimentary rock

Answer 5

From when minerals that from from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

Question 6

Metaphoric rock

Answer 6

Forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock.

Question 7

Rock cycle

Answer 7

This series of processes in which rock changes from one type to another.

Question 8

Uplift

Answer 8

Is the rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations.

Question 9

Subsidence

Answer 9

Is the sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations.

Question 10

Rift zone

Answer 10

Is an area where a set of deep cracks form.