Rock cycle vocabulary

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 a sediment

Question 3

igneous rock

Answer 3

Formed by a volcano or the solidification of molten lava

Question 4

metamorphic rock

Answer 4

formed by extreme heat and pressure that the structure of rocks

Question 5

rock cycle

Answer 5

the rock in which rocks are continuously transformed 3 rocks type

Question 6

sediment

Answer 6

Mineral or organic matter carried and deposited by water or wind that many consolidate into rock. (TINY PIECES OF ROCKS OR MINERALS)

Question 7

weathering

Answer 7

breaks down rocks into sediment using; wind, ice, water and extreme temputres

Question 8

Erosion

Answer 8

the movement of small pieces of rock sediment due to wind, water, gravity another 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 sticking 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 earths surface