Sedimentary
Energy
The Rock Cycle
Rock and Roll
Igneous
100
What are small pieces that broke off of larger rock called?
Sediment
100
What is the energy source that leads to weathering and erosion?
The sun.
100
Rocks that are changed under heat and pressure BUT NOT MELTED are which type of rock?
What is metamorphic rocks.
100
Where do metamorphic rocks form?
Under the Earth's surface
100
When the mantle is melted, what does molten hot liquid does it create?
Magma
200
The process of layers of rocks getting pressed together with a lot of force over time
Compaction
200
The energy source that provides heat that melts rock into magma comes from where?
Where is inside the Earth (interior) or Earth's core.
200
True or False: Sedimentary Rocks can make Igneous Rocks, and Igneous Rocks can make Sedimentary Rocks
True
200
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Heat and pressure
200
Where does melting take place?
The mantle
300
Energy from the ______ makes sedimentary rock.
What is the sun
300
True or False: Weathering creates magma
False. Melting Creates Magma
300
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Lava melted outside Earth.
Magma melted inside Earth.
300
True or false: Melting occurs on the surface
False
300
What mountain range is this that we talked about during the unit?
The Rocky Mountains
400
This process breaks rock down into pieces of sediment by wind and rain
What is weathering
400
Where do weathering and erosion take place?
On the surface
400
This process brings rock up towards the surface due to plate motion.
What is uplift
400
True or false? Sand at the beach is sediment
True
400
What type of rock formation shoots lava and can be an igneous rock?
A volcano
500
From this picture, what area of the United States is formed from sedimentary rock?
What are the Great Plains
500
Rocks are broken down by weathering. What is the process that MOVES rock from one place to another by wind or water?
What is erosion
500
When the movement of Earth's plates make rock dive down under another of Earth's plates and change that rock due to heat and pressure, this is called...
What is subduction.
500
What is the process that uses water that acts as glue to make sedimentary rock?
Cementation
500
What is the name of this rock formation made from igneous rock?
What is Devils Tower