Changing Earth
Types of Rocks
Rock Cycle
Vocabulary
Throwback
100
These are the three forces that change the Earth's surface.
What are weathering, erosion, and deposition?
100
The three categories of rocks.
What are sedimentary, igneous, and metamrphic?
100
When something goes on forever with no ending and can begin at any point.
What is a cycle?
100
This process allows sedimentary, igenous, and metamorphic rock to change into one another and back again.
What is the rock cycle?
100
Which two subatomic particles are found in the nucleus?
What are protons and neutrons?
200
This process breaks rocks into smaller rocks by both physical and chemical means.
What is weathering?
200
When rocks are deposited on the bottoms of rivers, lakes, and streams, these rocks are formed.
What is sedimentary rock?
200
When sedimentary rock melts, it turns into ________, then cools and turns into _________.
What is "magma and igneous rock"?
200
Building up of Earth by forming different layers.
What is deposition?
200
Which type of mixture is uniform throughout?
What is homogeneous?
300
When a chemical is used to break down rocks into a smaller, newer substance.
What is chemical weathering?
300
Metamorphic rock forms from sedimentary and igneous rock that are exposed to ______________ and _________________.
What is "high heat and high pressure"?
300
When igneous rock weathers, it breaks down into ___________, formed from layers of sediment.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
The physical breakdown of rocks into smaller rocks.
What is mechanical weathering?
300
How many protons and electrons are in an atom with an atomic number of 25?
What is 25 protons and 25 electrons?
400
This is what erosion does to rocks AND the agents that do the work.
What is "carries rocks downhill BY water, wind, and gravity"?
400
Rocks that are found near volcanoes are most likely ______________ because _________________.
What is "igneous because it forms from magma / lava that has cooled down and hardened"?
400
When both igneous and sedimentary rock are exposed to high heat and pressure, it turns into _____________.
What is metamorphic rock?
400
The compacting and cementing of rocks results in this rock type.
What is sedimentary?
400
What is the difference between compounds and elements?
What is "elements are made of atoms and compounds are made of elements"?
500
During deposition, rocks pile on top of each other to form new layers. This is the name of one of those layers.
What is sediment?
500
Sedimentary rock forms when layers are _____________ and ____________.
What is "compacted" and "cemented"?
500
Explain how you get from IGNEOUS to SEDIMENTARY to METAMORPHIC rock.
What is "igneous weathers into sedimentary. Sedimentary is exposed to high heat and pressure to form metamorphic"?
500
Igneous rock that cools quickly looks __________ or _____________.
What is smooth or crystalline?
500
Mr. Day has a compound that has a mass of 30 g and a volume of 10 mL. What is the density?
What is 3 g/mL?
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