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

Erosion

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Igneous rock

Answer 4

Formed by a volcano or the solidification of molten rock.

Question 5

Metamorphic rock

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Rock cycle

Answer 6

the process in which rocks are continuously transformed between the 3 rock types

Question 7

Sediment

Answer 7

Mineral or organic matter carried and deposited by water or wind that may consolidate into rock.

Question 8

Weathering

Answer 8

To age or change rock as a result of being exposed to the elements: wind, ice,water, and extreme temperatures.

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

Moltin

Answer 11

Liquified by heat.

Question 12

Magma

Answer 12

A hot, Molten rock below the Earthś surface.

Question 13

Lava

Answer 13

Molten rock that erupts from a volcano above the Earths surface.