VOCABULARY
ROCK CYCLE
SEASONS
100
The solid, non-living materials that make up rocks.
What are minerals ?
100
A series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock
What is the rock cycle ?
100
The hemisphere we live in
What is the northern hemisphere ?
200
The type of rock that forms when existing rocks are changed
What are metamorphic rocks ?
200
Sedimentary rock transforms into metamorphic rock by this
What are heat and pressure ?
200
The 2 factors that determine the seasons on Earth
What are the rotation and tilt of the Earth ?
300
The grain size and the way grains fit together in a rock. The overall feel of the rock.
What is texture ?
300
This type of rock is formed from magma that rises to the Earth's surface and cools
What is igneous rock ?
300
It is this season for us when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
What is Winter?
400
A fragment that makes up a rock
What is a grain ?
400
This type of rock forms as sediments are compressed and compacted
What is sedimentary rock ?
400
This is when there is an equal amount of daylight and darkness
What is an equinox ?
500
A natural, solid mixture of minerals or grains
What is a rock ?
500
When rocks are exposed to extreme temperatures and pressure, or the addition of chemical fluids, this type of rock forms.
What is metamorphic rock
500
The season when the Northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
What is Summer ?
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