Rock Transformations

Rock types

100

Made by cementation and compaction

Sedimentary rock

200

Made by melting and cooling of Magma

Igneous rock

300

Grains have sharp edges like a puzzle piece

Igneous rock

400

Can have fossils

Sedimentary rock

Processes

100

Sedimentary rock is made by

Cementation and compaction

200

igneous rock is made by

Magma cooling

300

When rock is melted by Earth's interior heat it becomes

magma

400

Rock type that can be melted by Earth's interior heat.

All rock types.

Energy types

100

Causes weathering

The sun

200

melting of all rock types

Earth's interior

300

Rock must get to this temperature to melt

700-1300 degrees

Where?

100

I take place on the surface of the Earth.

Weathering

200

I take place in the mantle.

melting

300

cementation and compaction happens where?

Above the mantle but at the bottom of the sediment layer

400

When sediment is eroded it moves from an area of higher elevation to an area of..?

lower elevation