Rock Transformations Vocabulary Quizz

What is the meaning of cementation?

• When rocks form from minerals drying in the sun.

• When rocks become stuck together through pressure

• The process of sediment being glued together

• The process of less solid sediment entering more solid rock

Which of the following words describes the process of sediment being buried and pressed together?

• Cementation

• Rock Formation

• Magmation

• Compaction

Which of these best describes Erosion?

• small pieces of rock being put into place

• small pieces of rock falling off and staying in the same place

• small pieces of rock moving because of the wind

• small pieces of rock moving because of running water

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This type of rock forms when magma cools to become solid.

• Ignorant Rock

• Ingenuitive Rock

• Rock Formation

• Igneous Rock

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Where are Metamorphic Rocks formed?

• In the wind

• In a hot fire

• Deep underground

• Deep in the ocean

Which is bigger, a mineral or a rock?

• A mineral

• A rock

• They are the same thing

A _____________________ is where two plates meet

• Dishwasher

• Plate Boundary

• Mountain Range

• Deep Sea Ledge

small pieces of rock can be called

• rocklets

• pebbles

• sediment

When plate motion causes rock formations to push up, it is called

• A Raised Fault

• Upshift

• Mountain

• Uplift

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How is weathering different from erosion?

• Weathering changes every day, but Erosion is constant

• Weathering happens to plants, Erosion Happens to rocks

• Weathering is breaking down rocks, erosion is when the broken down rocks are being moved to another place.

• Weathering can occur over millions of years, but Erosion takes place in a series of short bursts

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