Vocabulary
Rock Types
Rock Cycle
Relative Dating
Grab Bag
100
The breakdown of rock into sediments due to rain, wind, and snow.
Weathering
100
Type of rock formed when lava or magma is cooled
Igneous
100
What type of rock is at "A"?
Igneous
100
Which layer is the youngest?
E
100
Explain the difference between weathering and erosion.
Weathering is the breakdown of rocks into sediment by wind, water, gravity, etc. Erosion is the transport of sediment after weather occurs.
200
The movement of sediments from one location to another by wind, water, or gravity.
Erosion
200
Rock can be weathered into tiny particles called ______.
sediment
200
What type of rock is at "C"?
Sedimentary
200
How old is "A" compared to "B" and "C"?
"A" is the oldest compared to "B" and "C"
200
Why do shorter, more rounded mountain ranges tend to be older compared to taller, jagged mountains?
Older mountains are exposed to weathering for a longer period of time which wears them down.
300
Compaction
300
Compaction and cementation form this type of rock.
Sedimentary
300
What's happening at the green arrows?
Weathering
300
How does the age of D compare to B and C?
D is younger compared to B and C
300
After making a claim, a scientists must support the claim with ______ and _______.
evidence, reasoning
400
Sediments glued together by water and minerals.
cementation
400
Rock formed by heat and pressure
Metamorphic
400
What's happening at the orange arrows?
Melting
400
List the order of these layers from oldest to youngest.
A, B, C, D, E
400
Knowing that the moon has no liquid water and no atmosphere, what rock transformation processes would NOT occur on the moon?
Weathering and Erosion
500
Moving rocks below earth's surface (hint: does not change the type of rock)
Subduction
500
What types of rocks are formed by processes caused by energy from Earth's interior?
Igneous and Metamorphic
500
What's happening at the purple arrow?
Compaction and cementation
500
Which layer is older? C or A? and why
The older Layer is A because C was deposited on top of the rock structure after A was formed
500
The moon does have volcanic activity. What does this tell you about the majority of the rock on the moon?
A majority of the rocks on the moon are igneous rock.