Rocks
Rock Cycle
Weathering/Erosion
100
This is a solid, nonliving substance that occurs naturally in rocks or in the ground.
What is a mineral?
100
What processes cause sedimentary rock to become magma?
What are heating and melting?
100
Sinkholes are the result of this.
What is weathering?
200
Earth's surface is made of this.
What is rock?
200
Which processes can change a metamorphic rock to sediment?
What are weathering and erosion?
200
This is the process of moving sediment.
What is erosion?
300
This type of rock is formed when layers of sand, dirt, clay, etc. are pressed together under great pressure over a long period of time.
What are sedimentary rocks?
300
What process causes sediment to become sedimentary rock?
What is pressure?
300
Glaciers cause this when they scrape the ground and carry rocks and soil along with them to new locations.
What is erosion?
400
These kinds of rocks are formed when existing rocks are under great heat and pressure and are changed to a new form of rock--all without melting.
What are metamorphic rocks?
400
What processes cause lava or magma to become igneous rock?
What are heating and cooling?
400
This causes cracks in the sidewalk and potholes in the street.
What is weathering?
500
This type of rock is formed when molten rock erupts from the earth's surface, cools, and hardens.
What is igneous rock?
500
Which type of rock cannot be directly transformed into any other type of rock?
What is metamorphic rock?
500
Name three things that can cause weathering and tell how.
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