Chapter 9 Vocabulary Quiz

Changing of materials in a rock by chemical processes.

• Mechanical Weathering

• Metamorphic Rock

• Chemical Weathering

• Sedimentary Rock

Rocks that are formed under very high pressure and high temperature; solid rock particles form rough layers, as seen in gneiss.

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• A section of the lithosphere.

• Igneous Rock

Which layer of Earth is made mostly of iron and is the center of Earth?

• mantle

• core

• crust

• lithosphere

What is the Earth's outermost and thinnest layer called?

• core

• mantle

• crust

• plate

Breaking of rock into smaller pieces by forces due to gravity.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Mechanical weathering

• Chemical weathering

• Lithosphere

Rocks that are formed when layers of materials and rock settle on top of each other and then harden.

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Marble Rock

A section of the lithosphere.

• crust

• plate

• mantle

• core

Rocks that are formed when melted rock cools and hardens.

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Marble

The layer that makes up most if Earth's material.

• core

• plate

• crust

• mantle