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The Earth
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous Rocks
Rocks!
Challenge
Rockin' out
100

What is weathering?

Breaking down of rock

100
These are little pieces of rocks, pebbles, mineral grains, and shell fragments that eventually form rocks.
What are sediments?
100

How are igneous rocks formed

melting and cooling

100
Name the three types of rock groups.
What is Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic?
100
The process of rocks changing from one kind of rock to another kind of rock over long periods of time.
What is the rock cycle?
200

What is erosion

movement of rock 

200
These are two ways that sediments are formed.
What is weathering and erosion?
200

How are metamorphic rocks formed

heat and pressure 

200
A fossil is ___________.
What is the imprint of an organism on a rock?
200
Name two ways people use rocks.
What is buildings, walls, roads, jewelry, decoration, countertops?
300

What is deposition

Rocks stop moving and are deposited somewhere 

300
These 2 things cause metamorphic rocks to form.
What are heat and pressure?
300

How are sedimentary rocks formed

Sediments and pressure

300

What are the layers of earth?

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core 

300

What type of plate tectonic caused the rocky mountains 

convergent plates 

400

Where would an older fossil be located compared to a newer one

In the bottom layers 
400
For an Igneous rock to become a sedimentary rock, what needs to happen?
What is weathering, erosion, compaction, and cementation?
400

How can we go from a sedimentary rock to an igneous rock?

melting and cooling

400

Describe the three types of plate tectonics 

answers will vary 

400

Which rock most likely contains a fossil

Sedimentary Rock

500

What can prevent soil erosion

A. Spraying soil with water

B. Raising grazing animals 

C. Digging ditches

D. Planting Trees

D

500

This can cool and harden and form igneous rock.

What is magma or lava?

500

How can we go from an igneous rock to a metamorphic rock?

heat and pressure 

500

What is the hottest layer of the earth?

inner core 

500

What do all rocks have in common

They are made of one or more minerals