WED
What is the process in which rocks are broken down into sediment?
Weathering
What are the three types of rocks?
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic
What is the process of rocks changing called?
The Rock Cycle
What are small grains of rock and sand called?
What often occurs as the Earth's Crustal Plates move?
Earthquakes
What is the process in which sediment is moved?
Erosion
Sandstone is made of tightly packed sand that was compacted and cemented together. It is a ___ rock.
Sedimentary
A metamorphic rock can turn into what kind of rocks?
ANY - Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous
What is the differences between magma and lava?
What type of plate boundaries has plates moving towards each other?
Convergent
What is the process in which sediment is dropped to form a new landform?
Deposition
Pumice is formed from magma being rapidly cooled. It is a __ rock.
Igneous
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Heat and Pressure
This is the process of cooling magma into igneous rock. (NOT COOLING, BUT STARTS WITH A C)
Crystallization
What is the thinnest layer of the earth?
crust
What causes rocks in a stream to be smooth?
Weathering
Marble is formed from heat and pressure. It is a ___ rock.
Metamorphic
How are igneous rocks formed?
Magma/Lava cooling
What occurs when particles are pressed together due to gravity and overlying rocks?
Compaction
What is molten rock that is underneath the surface called?
Magma
Sand dunes in the desert are caused from erosion from ___
Wind
This is type of rock that can have fossils.
Sedimentary
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
Compaction (Pressure) and Cementation (sticking together)
What occurs when compacted sediments are stuck together and turn into a rock?
Cementation
What causes the earth's plates to move?
Convection Currents moving the magma in the mantle