Substances that make rocks
Forming New Rocks
Vocabulary
100

A type of rock that when heated forms magma

What is metamorphic rock or igneous rock

100

The process(s) used to form sedimentary rock from just sediment

What is Compaction/Cementation

100

Usually a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. It is used to show layers and things that can not be seen above the surface

What is cross section

200

There are two rocks, one formed from liquid rock and one formed from small pieces of rocks. If they formed at the same time in the same place, are they the same type of rock

What is not the same type of rock

200

The types of rocks that are related to each other and can change the type of rock they are throughout a period of time

What is all rocks (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks)

200

A region of rock that is formed together that is all the same rock type

What is rock formation

300

The substance that is the result of weathering and then compaction and cementation

What is sedimentary rock

300

The rock that is formed by any substance from the processes of heat AND pressure

What is metamorphic rock

300

The process that happens that is usually weathering and eroding moving sediment from one place to another

What is erosion

400

The type(s) of rocks that can form sediment to then be compacted into sedimentary rock

What is all types of rock

400

When two rocks are exposed different energy sources (energy inside earths crust and energy from the sun) the substance(s) they turn into 

What is magma and sediment

400

A large section that makes up Earths outer layer that when moved, pushes sedimentary rock under the surface to melt into magma

What is a tectonic plate 

500

There is metamorphic rock that turns into igneous rock. The substance is the metamorphic rock in before it cools into igneous rock

What is magma

500

The result of magma cooling at the surface

What is a volcano made of igneous rock

500

The process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

What is subduction

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