Rock Cycle Vocab Quiz

What is the process that forms sedimentary rock?

• compacting and cementing

• Crystallization

• Erosion

• Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of rock forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Lava

What is the process by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and then carried away?

• Erosion

• cementing

• Deposition

• Crystallization

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions in Earth's interior?

• Magma

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

What is the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations?

• Crystallization

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

Responsible for turning rock into sediment.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

Responsible for carrying sediment away.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

Responsible for dropping sediments in a new location.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

Sediments are...

• big pieces of rock
• tiny pieces of rock
• water that breaks down rock
• rock that is in earth's interior

Rock that forms from high temperature and pressure.

• metamorphic rock
• sedimentary rock
• igneous rock