Rock Cycle A
What is heat?
The energy from Earth’s interior that causes rock to change form.
What is the three types of rocks?
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic.
The process where liquid water changes into water vapor due to heat from the Sun.
Evaporation.
what is it called when Breaking rocks become into sediment, which is transported and cemented into sedimentary rock.
Weathering & Erosion
How are igneous rocks formed?
Igneous rocks are formed by cooling magma or lava.
Name the different ways that precipitation falls down as.
Snow, rain, sleet, and hail.
How does sedimentary rock become metamorphic?
Through intense heat and pressure, usually when buried deep underground.
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
They are formed from sedimentary rocks with heat and pressure.
What is infiltration?
Water soaking into the ground and entering the soil.
What is the rock cycle?
The continuous process in which rocks are formed, broken down, and transformed from one type
to another over time.
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
Any type of rock first is weathered and eroded into sediments. Then they form and settle into sedimentary rocks.
What is percolation?
The movement of water downward through soil and rock layers underground.
What is subduction?
The process where one tectonic plate moves under another, often leading to melting and
magma formation.
How does an igneous rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
Intense heat and high pressure forces the minerals to change chemically without melting.
What are the forms of the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.