20 questions
What is the process by which rock is broken into fragments called sediments?
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering
Igneous Rock
Rock that forms when pressure and heat change existing rock.
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Rock Cycle
The process by which igneous rocks are formed...
heat and pressure
melting and cooling and crystallizing
compaction and cementation
weathering and erosion
When weathering breaks rocks into pieces, what do we call those smaller pieces?
The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.
weathering
Uplift
Deposition
Erosion
This process changes rocks to magma.
melting
cooling and crystallizing
weathering and erosion
heat and pressure
This process takes sediments and changes them to sedimentary rock.
weathering and erosion
compacting and cementing
heat and pressure
melting
Heat and pressure create this type of rock.
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
sediments
This process changes magma into igneous rock.
weathering and erosion
melting
heat and pressure
cooling and crystallizing
What is the energy source for igneous rocks to form?
Earth's hot interior
the sun
gravity
magnetism
What is the energy source for sedimentary rocks to form?
Earth's hot interior
gravity and the sun
the moon
magnetism
What is the energy for metamorphic rocks to form?
earth's hot interior
gravity
the sun
magnetism
How would an igneous rock become sedimentary?
weathering, erosion, deposition then compacting and cementing
melting then cooling and crystallizing
heat and pressure
melting then weathering and erosion
How would a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock?
weathering and erosion
melting then cooling and crystallizing
heat and pressure
compacting and cementing
What is magma called when it is above ground?
magma
sediments
lava
metamorphic
Where do metamorphic rocks form?
underwater
near volcanoes
deep underground
in the air
Where do igneous rocks form?
underwater
deep underground
in the air
near volcanoes
Where do sedimentary rocks form?
underwater
deep underground
near volcanoes
in the air