Sedimentary
Energy
The Rock Cycle
Rock and Roll
Igneous
100
Sedimentary rock turns to igneous through what _____process
What is melting
100
This source of energy causes wind and rain which can change rock over time.
What is the sun.
100
Rocks that are changed under pressure and with heat BUT NOT MELTED are which type of rock?
What is metamorphic rocks.
100
When this effects a rock, it can change it (surface or deep within Earth)....
What is energy
100
Energy from inside _______ melts rock into liquid rock.
What is the Earth
200
The processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation
200
The heat that melts rock into magma is found here.
Where is inside the Earth (interior) or Earth's core.
200
Rocks are different types because they form in different ________________
ways or processes
200
If igneous rock is moved to Earth’s surface and exposed to energy from the sun, it could weather into small rock pieces that could form ____________ rock
What is sedimentary?
200
How much time does it take for a rock to change from one form to another?
Millions ++++ ( a VERY long time!)
300
Energy from the ______causes rock to weather into small pieces of rock.
What is the sun
300
Rocks that form from different sources of _______________ then make rocks of different _________________.
different sources of ENERGY make rocks of different TYPES.
300
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Lava melted outside Earth.
Magma melted inside Earth.
300
If sedimentary rock is moved below Earth’s outer layer and exposed to energy from Earth’s interior, it can melt into liquid rock and form what type of rock?
What is igneous rock
300
At which plate boundaries (convergent or divergent), does one plate goes underneath the other and sink into the mantle.
What is convergent
400
This breaks rock down into pieces of sediment?
What is weathering
400
Energy from the sun will break a rock down by this process.
What is weathering
400
This process brings rock up towards the surface due to plate motion.
What is uplift
400
Explain how the black sand beaches of Hawaii and the black rock formations of the island are connected.
The island is formed from lava rock which eroded over time to form the beaches by weathering and erosion.
400
Small pieces of rock break off from the mountain from wind and _______.
What is rain?
500
From this picture, what area of the United States is formed from sedimentary rock?
What are the Great Plains
500
Rocks are broken down by weathering. What is the process that MOVES rock from one place to another by wind or water?
What is erosion
500
When the movement of Earth's plates make rock dive down under another of Earth's plates and change that rock due to heat and pressure, this is called...
What is subduction.
500
What is the vocab word for a "diving" plate and how can this change a rock over time?
Subduction.
A rock could melt, turn into metamorphic rock or be uplifted.
500
What is the name of this rock formation made from igneous rock?
What is Devils Tower