layers of the earth
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Processes of the Rock Cycle
100

What is made up nickel and iron

What is core

100

Igneous rock is formed when what cools?

What is magma or lava

100
Sedimentary rock forms when what collects and hardens into new rock?
What is sediment
100
Metamorphic means to?
What is change.
100
Any type of rock can become what kind or kinds of rock?
What is any kind.
200

What is the thickest layer of earth

What are Mantle

200
Liquid rock found inside the earth is called what?
What is magma
200
Sediment stacks up in layers that are ______________ together.
What is cemented.
200
Metamorphic rock is formed by heat and what?
What is pressure.
200

True or False? Every rock starts at igneous

What is true

300

What is the movement of molten rocks in the mantle called

What is convection currents

300

Magma that is pushed to the earth's surface is called what?

What is lava

300
Sedimentary rock often forms at the bottom of _____________ as it is depostited by rivers and streams.
What is lakes or seas.
300
Metamorphic rock can be formed only where on the Earth? Inside/outside/either
What is inside.
300
Grains of rock are removed from their source by what?
What is erosion.
400

whaat are the two types of crust

What is Oceanic and continental.

400

When magma cools slowly is forms __________ 

What is Large crystals

400
Sediment is usually formed by ____________ and erosion.
What is weathering.
400
Where does the pressure come from that causes metamorphic rock to form?
What is the weight of the rock above it.
400
Water, wind, heat and ice break down rocks by what process?
What is weathering.
500

What layer of the crust is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates.

What is Lithosphere

500
Lava cools at a faster/slower/the same rate as magma?
What is faster.
500
Sedimentary rocks that have the shape of once living things.
What are fossils.
500

What do foliated metamorphic rocks have?

What is bands.

500
Water, ice, and wind drop newly formed sediments by what process?
What is deposition.
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