Rock Cycle

Question 1

Igneous Rock

Answer 1

Igneous rocks form when hot molten rock crystallizes and solidifies. “The melt originates deep within the Earth near active plate boundaries or hot spots, then rises toward the surface.”

Question 2

Sedimentary rock

Answer 2

Sedimentary rock is formed when sediment is deposited in the air or ocean, then weather and erosion break down a rock into loose material in a source area and the sediment basically combines with rock material.

Question 3

Metamorphic rock

Answer 3

Metamorphic rocks are formed when the rock is subjected to heat or the earths pressure caused by the earths tectonic plates.

Question 4

Crystallization

Answer 4

Crystallization is made when magma cools it forms into a igneous rock and while the magma cools, the crystals are being formed at different temperatures.

Question 5

Lithification

Answer 5

Lithification is when clay and sand or other sediments on the body’s of the ocean slowly compact or form and turn into a sedimentary rock.

Question 6

Sediment

Answer 6

Sediment is a liquid, that is carried by rivers and deposited in lakes and oceans when this happens it gets buried and loses it’s liquid form and becomes cemented to form into a sedimentary rock.

Question 7

Deposition

Answer 7

Deposition is when small particles of rocks or sediment is deposited into the ocean or lakes.

Question 8

Weathering

Answer 8

Weathering is when rain, wind or other types of weather break down rocks and minerals and transports them to the ocean.

Question 9

Erosion

Answer 9

Erosion is when erosion breaks down small rocks and sediment and the wind transports them or moves them.