Geology

The process that continually changes rocks into different types.

• rock cycle

• rock show

• rock changes

• rock and roll

Fine, tiny pieces of rock that are weathered away from larger rocks.

• gravel

• boulders

• soil

• sediment

Rocks that are formed under heat and pressure inside the earth.

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

Rocks formed as molten (melted) magma or lava cools.

• meamorphic

• igenous

• sedimentary

Rocks formed as sediment is deposited and pressed together.

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

The chemical, physical, or biological process which breaks down rock into sediment is called.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

This occurs as sediment is carried away from one place to another by wind, water, ice, or gravity.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

When sediment is dropped and settles in a new location.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

What is the correct order of processes changing the Earth's surface?

• weathering-deposition-erosion

• deposition-weathering-erosion

• erosion-weathering-deposition

• weathering-erosion-deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are the four main layers of Earth?

• crust-mantle-outer core-inner core

• crust-sauce-cheese-pepperoni

• mantle-sediment-igneous-metamorphic

• weathering-erosion-deposition-abrasion