This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
The tiny fragments of rock that form sedimentary rocks.
What is sediment?
These are the conditions that form a metamorphic rock
What are heat and pressure?
What is the most common type of rock found on Earth?
sedimentary
The movement of sediment by wind, water, gravity etc.
Erosion
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
The processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
Where are metamorphic rocks formed?
Deep inside the earth.
This is a diagram of rocks and the processes that create them
What is the rock cycle?
The dropping off of sediment to a new location.
Deposition
The word "molten" means ___________.
melted
Sedimentary rocks can be easily identified by their ______________.
layers
Why are metamorphic rocks used for things like countertops?
Because they are very hard.
What type of rock is this?
sedimentary
What must occur before erosion?
Weathering
Igneous rock is formed through these two processes.
melting and cooling
This type of sedimentary rocks is formed when organic matter is slowly replaced with minerals
What is a fossil?
This metamorphic rock is commonly used in countertops.
What is marble?
What type of rock is forming here?
igneous
Sand dunes best represent ___________.
deposition
Igneous rocks are most commonly found near these landforms.
volcanoes
This is the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together.
cementation
"Morph" means...
change
What type of rock is this?
metamorphic
Which process is seen here?
weathering