Rock and the Rock Cycle

Define Rock Cycle

• Occurs when rock particles are pressed together or packed down by gravity and overlying rocks.

• Continuous force exerted on or against an object.

• Rocks form when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and are compacted and cemented together.

• Earth’s rocks change from one type into another over time due to various Earth processes.

True or False: Water is an agent for Weathering

• True

• False

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Water is an agent for Erosion

• True

• False

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What is the process of dropping or "depositing" sediment into an area of water?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

What is the process of moving pieces of rock from place to place?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

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A rock deep within the Earth experiences extreme temperature and pressure. After a long period of time it becomes which rock?

• Magma

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Geologists have classified rocks into three major groups of rocks which are:

• inorganic, organic and chemical rocks

• igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

• metamorphic, chemical and non chemical rocks

• sedimentary, inorganic and igneous rocks

What kind of igneous rock usually contains large crystals?

• clastic

• extrusive

• organic

• intrusive

A rock that forms from many small fragments of other rocks is a(n)

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• extrusive rock

The process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with

• melting

• erosion

• deposition

• crystallization

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