Sedimentary rocks
Boundaries and Zones
If...
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How are sedimentary rocks formed?
Sediments are glued together
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What happens to the plates at a divergent plate boundary?
The plates move apart
100
If heat and pressure happen to a rock...
It will become metamorphic
200
If I fell off of sedimentary rock, would I still be a sedimentary rock?
Correct
200
What happens at a convergent plate boundary?
The plates come together
200
If I start as a metamorphic rock and then break apart, what am I called?
Sediment.
300
Small pieces of rock, sand, and silt are called?
Sediments
300
What happens when plates rub up against the side of each other?
Earthquakes
300
If I am sediment and get carried onto a beach, do I stay as sediment
Yes, the only way I can change form is for me to become sedimentary rock.
400
What are the three steps of forming a sedimentary rock?
Compaction, Cementation, Erosion
400
What happens when the crust at convergent boundaries pushes upward?
Mountains
400
If magma solidifies, then breaks apart, is it still considered igneous rock?
No, it would be considered sediment
500
Sedimentary rocks look like what rock in this picture
500
What happens at a subduction zone?
The continental crust slides below the Oceanic
500
If a sedimentary rock falls into a volcano, does it stay sedimentary or change?
It changes into Igneous