Unit 3 Lesson 2

Question 1

Rock

Answer 1

Naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals that may also include organic matter

Question 2

Weathering

Answer 2

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

Rock is broken into fragments called sediment

Question 3

Erosion

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Deposition

Answer 4

The process where sediment comes to rest or is dropped

Question 5

Igneous Rock

Answer 5

Forms when magma or larva cools and hardens

Forms on or beneath Earth’s surface

Question 6

Sedimentary Rock

Answer 6

Forms when minerals from solutions or sediment get pressed and cemented together

Question 7

Metamorphic Rock

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Rock Cycle

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Uplift

Answer 9

A type of vertical movement in earth’s crust where you have the rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations

Increases the rate of erosion of rock

Question 10

Subsidence

Answer 10

A type of vertical movement where you have sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations

Leads to the formation of basins where sediment is deposited

Question 11

Rift Zone

Answer 11

An area where a set of deep cracks from

Common between tectonic plates that are pulling apart