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Question | Answer |
What are the three types of rocks in the rock cycle? | igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary |
What are the two types of igneous rocks? | intrusive and extrusive |
Intrusive igneous rocks cool how? | Slowly |
Metamorphic rocks form using what? | Heat and pressure |
If water gets into a rock and freezes and cools several times breaking the rock down, this is what type of weathering? | mechanical weathering |
What illustrates how rocks change from one types to another? | the rock cycle |
Molten rock inside the earth is | magma |
The transportation of sediment from one place to another is known as | erosion |
Extrusive rocks take less time to form and thus have _____ crystals | smaller |
How can a rock be changed into sedimentary rock? | weathering and erosion |
What type of rock is formed under the earth? | intrusive igneous |
Wind carries small sediment particles during a desert sandstorm; this is an example of what? | erosion |
Wind blows across a rock smoothing it out and breaking it down into smaller particles; this is an example of what? | mechanical weathering |
A lichen (fungus) grows on a rock and uses that rock for nutrients, slowly breaking the rock down; this is an example of what? | biological weathering |
After transforming to sediment, the metamorphic rock transforms to sedimentary rock by ____ | cementation and compaction |
Metamorphic rock transforms to igneous rock by _____ | melting and cooling |
Metamorphic rock transforms to sediment by _____ | weathering and erosion |
Igneous rock transforms to sediment by _____ | weathering and erosion |
Sedimentary rock transforms to igneous rock by _____ | melting and cooling |
Igneous rock transforms to metamorphic rock by _____ | heat and pressure |
The term “igneous” means _____ | fire-formed |