Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
What is Weathering?
The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
True or False: Igneous Rocks are formed through intense heat and pressure
False
What do Sedimentary Rocks Start Off As?
Sediment
How are Metamorphic Rocks formed?
Heat and pressure
How do sedimentary rocks change into metamorphic rocks?
Heat and Pressure
What is Erosion?
When rocks and materials are moved from one place to another
How are Igneous Rocks Formed?
Through Cooling and Crystalization near volcanic areas.
How does Sediment Move from One Place to Another?
Erosion
Rocks that can become Metamorphic Rocks.
Sedimentary, Igneous, and most Metamorphic rocks
How do metamorphic rocks change into igneous rock?
It melts into magma, then cools.
What is Deposition?
When Sediment is dropped off at another location
True or False: Igneous Rocks can form midair
True
How do Sediments Form?
Weathering breaking down rocks
Metamorphic rock can be formed only where on the Earth? Inside/outside/either
Inside the earth
How do igneous rocks become sedimentary?
They break into sediments, then the sediments form a sedimentary rock.
Rain carries the soil to the edge of my backyard near the fence and creates a huge mud puddle. Is this Erosion, Deposition, or Weathering?
Erosion
Liquid rock found inside the earth is called what?
Magma
Sedimentary Rocks that are the shape of former living things
Fossils
The two categories that Metamorphic rocks can be put into.
Foliated and Nonfoliated
How does sedimentary turn into igneous
It melts and then cools into a new rock material
Rivers deposit sediments in a fan-shaped delta where they empty into the ocean. Is this Erosion, Weathering, or Deposition?
Deposition
Define Extrusive Igneous Rocks.
Igneous Rocks that form from magma outside the Earth's crust
Three Main Types of Sedimentary Rocks
Clastic, Organic, and Chemical rocks
What does it mean if a Metamorphic rock is Foliated?
The minerals are in bands or layers.
How does Metamorphic turn into Sedimentary?
Metamorphic rocks will be exposed to weathering and then break down into sediment, then it's compressed into a sedimentary rock