Earth's Layers
What two materials make up the inner core?
Iron and Nickel
What from the sun and deep inside the Earth power the rock cycle?
Energy
Weathering and Erosion
What type of rock is formed when magma cools slowly below the surface?
Igneous
At the bottom of the formation
What is Earth's largest layer?
Mantle
Where does the rock cycle begin?
Cycles do not have a beginning
Rocks are classified by what?
How they are formed
Metamorphic rock is rock that has been changed by extreme heat and what?
Pressure
Sedimentary rocks are formed when sediment accumulates over time in deposits that form what?
Layers
Which layer of the earth has the most pressure?
Inner Core
Which statement about the rock cycle is false?
Material is lost
What is the name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces?
Sediment
Where might metamorphic rocks form?
Beneath Earth's crust
True or False.
Magma is molten rock within the Earth, and lava is molten rock on the Earth's surface.
True.
The Earth's crust is divided into two types. What are they?
Continental and Oceanic
What is the series of processes in which rock changes from one type to another?
Rock Cycle
Name one thing that rocks can be made of.
Different minerals
Volcanic glass
Organic matter
In what type of rock are fossils most likely to be found?
Sedimentary
What are the two types of igenous rock?
Intrusive and Extrusive
Name the order of the layers of Earth, starting with the surface layer.
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
All of the following are possible processes in the rock cycle EXCEPT:
Volcanic activity
Erosion
Melting
Condensation
Condensation
What are the three types of rocks that are part of the rock cycle?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
True or False.
The correct order of the three stages of sedimentary rock formation is:
Cementation, Sedimentation, and Compaction
False.
Sedimentation, Compaction, and Cementation
What is the process of soil, rock, and other dissolved materials getting transported from one location to another due to wind and rain?
Erosion