Study Jams - Rock Cycle

What is the Rock Cycle?

• The earth's process for changing one type of rock into another type of rock

• The path that magma follows when it changes into lava or igneous rock

• Any process than an object on the Earth goes trhough, whether plant or mineral

• Any type of rock formation that is circular or triangular in shape

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How is the Rock Cycle like recycling?

• It depends on humans to do most of the work.

• It takes place on the planet Earth

• It transforms existing material into new material

• It requires weather and factories for completion.

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What helps to change rocks into other types of rocks?

• Heat

• Erosion

• Pressure

• All of the Above

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Which kind of rock woudly ou most likely find near a volcano?

• Limestone

• Pumice

• Marble

• Sandstone

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Which process is necessary for creating igneous rock?

• The mixing of rock with dust and rain

• The erosion of sediment from cliff sides

• The pressure of many layers of rock

• The cooling of melted rock, or magma

When rock experiences a great deal of pressure and heat, which kind of rock forms?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• All of the above

Layered rock, such as limestone, is an example of what kind of rock?

• Melted rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock