Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
Processes of the Rock Cycle
Rock
100
How are metamorphic rocks formed.
Metamorphic rocks are created by the physical or chemical alteration by heat and pressure.
100
How are sedimentary rocks formed?????
Sedimentary rocks are formed when sediment is deposited out of air, ice, wind, gravity, or water flows carrying the particles in suspension.
100
How are igneous rocks formed.
Extrusive igneous rocks, also known as volcanic rocks, are formed at the crust's surface as a result of the partial melting of rocks within the mantle and crust.
100
Any type of rock can become what kind or kinds of rock?
Any Kind.
100
A mineral is naturally formed solid matter with what structure?
Crystal
200
Metamorphic means to?
Change.
200
Sediment stacks up in layers that are ______________ together.
Cemented.
200
Igneous rock is formed when what cools?
Magma
200
Buried rock is brought to the earth's surface by what?
Uplift.
200
A rock is a solid mixture of crystals of one or more what?
Minerals
300
Metamorphic rock is formed by heat and what?
Pressure.
300
Sedimentary rock often forms at the bottom of _____________ as it is depostited by rivers and streams.
Lakes or Seas.
300
Liquid rock found inside the earth is called what?
Magma
300
Grains of rock are removed from their source by what?
Erosion.
300
The chemical makeup of a rock is called what?
Composition
400
Metamorphic rock can be formed only where on the Earth? Inside/outside/either
Inside.
400
Sediment is usually formed by ____________ and erosion.
Weathering.
400
When magma cools slowly is forms __________ grained rocks.
Coarse
400
Water, wind, heat and ice break down rocks by what process?
Weathering.
400
The continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material is called what?
Rock Cycle.
500
Where does the pressure come from that causes metamorphic rock to form?
Weight of the rock above it.
500
Sedimentary rocks that have the shape of once living things.
Fossils.
500
Lava cools at a faster/slower/the same rate as magma?
Faster
500
Water, ice, and wind drop newly formed sediments by what process?
Deposition.
500
Crystals grow as melted rock does what?
Cools.