W.E.D. and rock cycle

Question 1

Rock cycle

Answer 1

continuous series of events when rock is transformed from one type to another

Question 2

Weathering

Answer 2

breakdown of rock due to rain, wind, ice, sunlight and plants

Question 3

Erosion

Answer 3

transport of fragments of rock by water, wind, ice or gravity

Question 4

Deposition

Answer 4

natural process of adding transported sediments to a landform

Question 5

Lithification

Answer 5

compaction and cementation of sediment into rock

Question 6

sedimentary rock

Answer 6

rock formed from sediments

Question 7

Metamorphic Rock

Answer 7

rock changed by heat and pressure

Question 8

intrusive igneous rock

Answer 8

rock formed from cooling of molten rock BELOW Earth’s surface. Large Crystals

Question 9

extrusive igneous rock

Answer 9

rock formed from cooling of molten rock ON Earth’s surface **No crystals

Question 10

magma

Answer 10

molten rock below Earths surface

Question 11

lava

Answer 11

molten rock that erupted onto Earth’s surface

Question 12

sediment

Answer 12

rock fragments that have been broken down due to weathering

Question 13

What material are most fossils preserved in?

Answer 13

Sedimentary rock

Question 14

Law of super position

Answer 14

when rocks are stacked in layers, newer rock will be on the bottom and newest rocks on the top

Question 15

3 things fossils can tell us about the past

Answer 15

1.) what an organsim looked like
2.) what living things were existing during a certain time period
3.)what a living thing ate