Hydrologic and Rock Cycle

The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Igneous Rock

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

The movement of weathered material (sediment) is called?

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When liquid rock is under the ground it is called

• Lava

• Magma

• Rock

• Hot rock

When liquid rock comes above the ground (usually from a volcano) it is called

• Lava

• Magma

• Rock

• Hot rock

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments are called

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• school house rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What characteristic to sedimentary rocks often have?

• weather patterns
• tiny crystals
• striped layers
• glassy surfaces

How do metamorphic rocks form? 

• Heat and Pressure
• Compaction & Cementation
• Cooling of Magma
• Sediments & Glue

Metamorphic rocks form from ___.

• igneous rocks
• other metamorphic rocks
• sedimentary rocks
• all types of rocks

Any rock formed when another rock is changed by heat or __________ is a metamorphic rock.

• pressure
• arrangement