Rock Cycle
Name that Rock
Weathering and Erosion
Sediments
Soil
100
magma or lava cooling
How do igneous rocks form?
100
Limestone can change to marble due to intense heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic?
100
Breaking rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
The smallest sediment.
What is clay?
100
A material made of weathered rock, organic matter, air, and water.
What is soil?
200
heat and pressure
How do metamorphic rocks form?
200
Shale forms when sediments like clay are compacted over many years.
What is sedimentary?
200
Wind, water, freezing/thawing, plant/animal behavior are all types of....
What is physical weathering?
200
The largest sediment.
What is sand?
200
The layers within soil.
What are soil horizons?
300
Weathering and erosion of rocks
How do sediments form?
300
A volcano erupts and the lava forms obsidian.
What is igneous?
300
Carbonic acid dissolving limestone and rust are types of...
What is chemical weathering?
300
A mixture of all three types of sediments.
What is loam?
300
The soil horizon with the most humus and organic matter.
What is O or A?
400
Sediments are compacted and cemented together in layers.
How do sedimentary rocks form?
400
A rock that has large crystals and cooled underground.
What is intrusive igneous?
400
The process of washing away sediments.
What is erosion?
400
Water would flow fastest through sand or clay?
What is sand?
400
This soil horizon contains deposited clay and minerals.
What is B horizon?
500
This diagram
What is the rock cycle?
500
A rock that has crystals and layers indicating how the rock was smashed.
What is metamorphic?
500
When sediments are no longer able to be carried and are dropped by water or wind.
What is deposition?
500
The relationship between permeability and porosity.
The larger the pores, the higher the permeability.
500
The original rocks soil comes from.
What is parent material?