Rock Types
This type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and crystallizes.
What is igneous rock?
This process breaks rock into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
These are large pieces of Earth’s crust that move slowly.
What are tectonic plates?
Material entering a system is called this.
What is an input?
A slow process like wind erosion is called this type of change.
What is gradual change?
This type of rock forms from sediments that are compacted and cemented together.
What is sedimentary rock?
This process moves sediment from one place to another.
What is erosion?
When tectonic plates collide, they often form this landform.
What are mountains?
Material leaving a system is called this.
What is an output?
An earthquake or landslide is this type of process.
What is catastrophic?
This type of rock forms when existing rock is changed by heat and pressure without melting.
What is metamorphic rock?
This process drops sediment in a new location.
What is deposition?
This process lifts deep rock layers toward Earth’s surface.
What is uplift?
If deposition is greater than erosion, the landform will do this.
What is grow?
This type of process shapes land over millions of years.
What is gradual process?
This rock type often has visible layers and may contain fossils.
What is sedimentary rock?
These two processes turn loose sediments into solid sedimentary rock.
What are compaction and cementation?
This type of rock is commonly found in mountain ranges because of plate collisions.
What is metamorphic rock?
If erosion is greater than deposition, the landform will do this.
What is shrink?
Both gradual and catastrophic processes work together to shape these.
What are landforms?
This rock type may show banded or flattened mineral patterns caused by intense pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
This process allows any rock type to eventually become igneous rock, connecting all pathways in the rock cycle.
What is melting?
Explain how tectonic plate collision can eventually lead to weathering shaping mountains at Earth’s surface.
What is plate collision causes uplift, bringing deep rock to the surface where weathering and erosion shape it?
A region experiences intense storms that increase both sediment supply and erosion. Explain why the landform might still grow.
What is because inputs (deposition) may increase more than outputs (erosion), causing net growth?
Explain how a catastrophic event can lead to long-term gradual change.
What is a catastrophic event can expose or move large amounts of material, which gradual processes then continue shaping over time?