Rockandom Facts
Rain water freezing and thawing is an example of what?
What is the fastest form of physical weathering?
Layers of sedimentary rock are known as this
What is strata?
A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter is known as?
What is a rock?
How is an extrusive igneous rock formed?
What is the cooling of magma above Earth's surface?
How are sedimentary rocks formed from sediment?
What is by deposition, compaction, and cementation?
The latin meaning of Igneous is
What is born from fire?
The chemical and physical processes that break down rock at Earth's surface is known as?
What is weathering?
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together is known as?
What is cementation?
How is an intrusive igneous rock formed?
What is the slow cooling of magma beneath the Earth's surface?
How does an igneous rock become sediment?
What is weathering?
Magma that reaches Earth's surface goes by what name
What is lava?
The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations is known as?
What is uplift?
The process in which sediment is laid down in new locations is known as?
What is deposition?
How does an igneous rock become metamorphic?
What is by heat and pressure?
How is a volcano formed?
What is converging boundaries and subduction?
The pocket beneath a volcano where magma collects is known as
What is the magma chamber?
The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another is known as?
What is erosion?
The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes is known as
What is chemical weathering?
How does a sedimentary rock become metamorphic?
What is by heat and pressure?
How does a metamorphic rock become magma?
What is melting?
Wind is an example of what?
What is the slowest form of physical weathering?
The process by which sediments are pressed together under their own weight is known as?
What is compaction?
The series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock is known as
What is the rock cycle?
How does a metamorphic rock become sedimentary?
What is by weathering?
How does magma become an igneous rock?
What is cooling?