Rock Cycle Vocabulary Words.

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
or the solidification
of molten rock.

Question 4

Metamorphic rock

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Rock cycle

Answer 5

The process in which
rocks are continuously
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
a result of being exposed
to the elements: wind,
ice, water, and extreme
temperatures.

Question 8

Erosion

Answer 8

The movement of small pieces of rock or
sediment due to wind, water, gravity and other natural forces.

Question 9

Deposition

Answer 9

When sediments are
deposited or dropped
off in a different
location.

Question 10

Cementation

Answer 10

The hardening and stickering
of mineral grains.

Question 11

Molten

Answer 11

Liquified by heat.

Question 12

Magma

Answer 12

A hot, molten rock below the Earth´s surface.

Question 13

Lava

Answer 13

Molten rock that erupts from a volcano. Above the Earth´s surface.