Rock Cycle

Rocks are classified by how:

• they look

• are formed

• they feel

When rocks are broken down into small pieces, like sand and gravel, the pieces are known as ____.

• magma

• sediment

• humus

• debris

Tags

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This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

What process is involved to turn a metamorphic rock into a sedimentary rock?

• Melting

• Heat and Pressure

• Weathering Erosion and Deposition

This rock was molten magma that slowly cooled under the ground. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentar

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

After lots of time, pressure, and heat, you get this kind of rock. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Extrusive

Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

What helps change an igneous or sedimentary rock into a new kind of rock?

• Cooling and solidification

• Deposition and compaction

• Weathering and erosion

• Heat and pressure