6th - Science Chapter 4 vocabulary

Question 0

An individual particle in a rock

Answer 0

Grain

Question 1

Sediment or rock added to a landform

Answer 1

Deposit

Question 2

A naturally occurring solid composed of minerals, rock fragments, and sometimes other materials such as organic matter.

Answer 2

Rock

Question 3

The series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock.

Answer 3

Rock cycle

Question 4

Rock material that forms when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water as rocks erode

Answer 4

Sediment

Question 5

A rock’s grain size and the way the grains fit together.

Answer 5

Texture

Question 6

Igneous rock that forms when volcanic material erupts, cooks, and crystallizes on Earth’s surface.

Answer 6

Extrusive rock

Question 7

Igneous rock that forms as magma cools underground.

Answer 7

Intrusive rock

Question 8

Rock that forms results when lava cools too quickly to form crystals.

Answer 8

Volcanic glass

Question 9

A process in which minerals dissolved in water crystallize between sediment grains.

Answer 9

Cementation

Question 10

A broken piece or fragment that makes up a clastic rock.

Answer 10

Clast

Question 11

Sedimentary rock that is made up of broken pieces of minerals and rock fragments.

Answer 11

Clastic rock

Question 12

A process in which the weight from the layers of sediment forces out fluids and decreases the space between sediment grains.

Answer 12

Compaction

Question 13

Rock that contains parallel layers of flat and elongated minerals.

Answer 13

Foliated rock

Question 14

Metamorphic rock with mineral grains that have a random, interlocking texture.

Answer 14

Non-foliated rock

Question 15

Process that affects the structure or composition of a rock in a solid state as a result of changes in temperature, pressure, or the addition of chemical fluids.

Answer 15

Metamorphism

Question 16

The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations.

Answer 16

Uplift