Rock Cycle
Rock Cycle II
Human Impact on the Environment
Aging Rocks
Miscellaneous
100

Small particles of material that come from rocks or living things. These are used to make sedimentary rock.

Sediments

100

Two things needed to create metamorphic rock.

What is heat and pressure?

100
When woodlands are cut down to harvest timber or clear the land for farms or ranches.
What is deforestation?
100

Newest rocks layers will always be at the _____ in undisturbed horizontal sedimentary rock layers.

What is the top?

100

Melted rock that reaches the surface of the Earth is called_____. 

Lava

200

The break up of rocks caused by freezing and thawing, plat roots, acid, or other forces on the rock.

What is weathering?

200

Liquid rock found below the Earth's surface.

What is magma?

200
Large areas of land are developed as more and more people move into cities and suburbs.
What is urbanization?
200

The oldest rock layers will tend to be at the ________ of horizontal, undisturbed, sedimentary rock layers.

What is the bottom?

200

Type of rock usually found above subduction zones or volcanoes. 

Igneous

300

Process where material becomes deposited at the bottom of a body of water.

Deposition

300

Rock type(s) that can become metamorphic 

Sedimentary or Igneous

300
Process by which fertile land becomes desert typically because of drought.
What is desertification?
300

This law states that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest layers are at the bottom and the youngest ones are at the top.

What is the Law of Superposition?

300

What are two processes that can cause erosion? 

Answers may vary, but may include water, wind, gravity, ice, animals, etc.

400

What is erosion

Movement of particles or sediments due to water, wind, gravity, etc. 

400

2 processes that metamorphic rocks must go through to create igneous rocks.

Melting and Cooling

400
This process dries out wetlands in the Everglades.
What is diversion of water or changing the flow of water in the Everglades?
400

Which rock layers are more recent than C? 

A

B

C 

D

B and A 

400
Most common rock found above the surface of the Earth.

Sedimentary

500

Means "of or from fire"

Igneous

500

This type of rock is usually foliated (contains layers)

Metamorphic Rock


500
Giant lake in the middle of Florida. A great source of water for the Everglades.
What is Lake Okeechobee?
500

Method used to determine the absolute age of a rock. 

Radioactive dating

500

Rock formed through deposition and cementation

Sedimentary

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