Rocks
Rock Cycle
Heat
States of
Matter
Heating Curve of Water
100

What is the measurement of empty space? 

Porosity

100

What do we call the rock that a metamorphic rock came from? 

Parent rock

100

What is the measurement of the degree of hotness? 

Temperature

100

Must water boil to evaporate?

No

100

What is the boiling point of water?

100⁰C

200

What is the term for when rocks break down or change? 

Weathering

200

What forms a sedimentary rock? 

compaction & cementation

200

Heat is a form of what? 

Energy

200

Describe the process of freezing. 

A liquid loses heat and turns to a solid. 

200

What is the freezing point of water? 

0⁰C

300

Draw a foliated rock. 

A rock with stripes. 

300

What forms a metamorphic rock? 

heat & pressure

300

What direction does heat flow? (From what, to what)

From a hotter region to a colder region. 

300

Describe the process of melting. 

A solid gains heat and turns into a liquid. 

300

When is the line increasing temperature on the heating curve of water? 

When matter is not changing state: 

- solid

- liquid

- gas

400

What do we call a rock with many crystals? 

Crystalline

400

What forms an igneous rock? 

cooling & hardening

400

How does heat loss affect volume? 

It may cause matter to contract, volume decreases. 

400

Give an example of heat gain changing state of matter. 

(Answers will vary.)

400

When is the line horizontal on the Heating Curve of water? 

melting, 0 degrees C

evaporating, 100 degrees C

500

Crystals only form when they have _______ to do so. 

Time

500

Describe how we can repeat the crayon rock cycle with our same crayons. 

Can make sediment from the igneous rock, compact again, melt again, etc. 

500

Give an example of heat gain affecting volume. 

(Answers will vary)

500

Give an example of heat loss changing state of matter. 

(Answers will vary.)

500

Why does ice remain 0⁰C while melting?

The heat is used to change the state of the matter, rather than to change the temperature. It can only change one of these factors at once.