Rocks,Rocks, Rocks
The recurring set of processes by which rocks of one kind change into rocks of another kind.
What is "the rock cycle"?
This material cools and forms igneous rock.
What is "magma/lava"?
Sedimentary rock forms when ____________ undergoes lithification.
What is/are "sediment(s)"?
Metamorphic means to ____________.
What is change.
igneous rock into magma/lava or magma/lava into igneous rock through these two processes.
What are melting and cooling?
The driving forces for the rock cycle.
What are "convection in the mantle and the sun"?
Liquid rock found inside the earth is called ______.
What is "magma"?
Sediment stacks up in layers on the ocean floor and are compacted and ______________ together.
What is "cemented"?
Metamorphic rock is formed by heat and ____________.
What is "pressure"?
Breaking down rock into smaller particles due to water, wind, sun, or plants.
What is weathering?
The mineral/chemical makeup of a rock.
What is "composition"?
Magma that is pushed to the earth's surface through a volcano is called ________.
What is "lava"?
Sedimentary rock often forms at the bottom of _____________ as it is deposited there from rivers and streams.
What is "lakes/oceans/seas"?
Metamorphic rock is formed ___________ the Earth.
What is deep inside?
The parter of weathering, this process moves particles away from their source.
What is "erosion"?
The Three Types of rocks
What are metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary?
When magma cools slowly is forms __________ crystals.
What is "large"?
Sediment is usually formed by ____________ and erosion.
What is "weathering"?
Where does the pressure come from that causes metamorphic rock to form?
What is "the weight of the rock above it"?
When this evaporates, sticky minerals are left behind.
What is cementation?
Melted rock __________ and creates crystals.
What is "cools"?
Lava cools at a __________ rate as magma.
What is "faster"?
Sedimentary rocks may contain proof of once living things called __________.
What are "fossils"?
_____________ provides the heat to create metamorphic rock.
Magma in the earth's interior.
Another name for lithification.
What is are compaction and cementation?