Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks can be found inside of or near these
Volcanoes
What do sedimentary rocks start as?
Sediments or minerals
What types of rocks can become metamorphic rocks?
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
What are the 3 kinds of rocks?
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
What word means "made from sediment?"
Sedimentary
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely make from this type of molten rock
Magma
What is the process called when sediment is moved somewhere else?
Erosion
How are metamorphic rocks created?
From high temperatures and pressure
If sediment moved into a volcano and melted, then flew out as magma after the volcano erupted then cooled off, it would be what kind of rock?
Igneous
What is it called when rocks are broken down?
Weathering
Liquid rocks or minerals may be called...
Molten rock
How are sedimentary rocks created?
When sediments or minerals are combined together
How do metamorphic rocks become something else?
Melting, weathering and erosion, or heat and pressure
Which types of rocks can become sediment from weathering?
All 3, Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
Acid rain melting rocks is an example of...
chemical weathering
What type of Igneous Rock can be found INSIDE the Earth?
Intrusive Igneous Rocks
Are you more likely to find sedimentary rocks on the Earth's surface or near the Earth's core?
Earth's surface
True or false: metamorphic rocks can become metamorphic rocks
TRUE
What are the two types of weathering?
Physical and Chemical
Water getting into cracks of a rock, then freezing, and breaking the rock is an example of...
What type of Igneous Rocks can be found on Earth's surface?
Extrusive Igneous Rocks
What is it called when dead things from a long time ago are preserved in rocks?
Fossils
Metamorphic rocks get their name from the latin word "morph",which means
change or form
How can water affect the Rock Cycle?
Weathering, erosion, deposition,
True or false: Any rock could become any other kind of rock over time
TRUE