Erosion/ Weathering
Process that slowly removes rock pieces so they can be made into sedimentary rock?
What is Erosion?
Type of rock that forms when particles of rock and other materials are compacted and cemented together.
What is sedimentary rock?
When rock weathers and erodes it makes________________.
What is sediment?
Volcano that are shaped like this.
What is a Cone Volcano?
What does Geo mean?
Forces such as wind and water, freezing and thawing, that break apart rocks.
What is weathering?
Magma cooling beneath Earth's surface or lava cooling on Earth's surface forms what kind of rock?
What is igneous rock?
When heat or pressure is applied to igneous or sedimentary rock, this type of rock is formed.
What is metamorphic rock?
Volcano shaped like this.
What is a shield volcano?
Means "study of"
What does the word ology means?
When rocks collide or rub against each other and break down.
What is Abrasion?
Type of rock that forms when heat and great pressure beneath Earth's surface is applied to igneous or sedimentary rock.
What is metamorphic rock?
Two processes that hold sediments together to create sedimentary rock.
What are cementation and compaction?
Type of lava that help make a shield volcano.
What is thin lava?
A scientist who studies the Earth
What is a geologist?
Rocks will breakdown when they react with water, air, or other chemicals. Acids from rain or chemicals humans
What is Chemical Reaction?
The two types of igneous rock formed when magma cools, depending on the location of the magma.
What is intrusive or extrusive?
The process for making magma from igneous or metamorphic rock.
What is melting?
Type of lava that helps form a cone volcano.
What is thick lava?
This term studies living things on Earth.
What is biodiversity?
Process in which rocks break apart due to a change from warm to freezing and having water in the cracks of the rock.
What is temperature change?
The rocks that make up the majority of the earth's crust.
What are igneous rocks?
The process for making igneous rock from magma.
What is cooling?
Are naturally occurring substances that are sometimes made from one element but more often are compounds made from two or more elements
What are minerals?