Rock Cycle

what is the rock cycle.

• molten rock that is stored underground.

• rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.

• a process that changes one type of rock into another type of rock.

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True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.

• True

• False

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The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure

• erosion and deposition

• melting and cooling

The ___________   _______________ is the process of one type of rock transforming into a different type of rock.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• The Rock Cycle

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Label the process that creates sedimentary rock?

d

Compaction and cementation

Erosion

Weathering

Melting

Cooling

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Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents SEDIMENT.

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The diagram above shows the sequence of the process that turn solid rock into sandstone. Which two processes best complete this diagram? (5.7A) (a)  

• Melting and cooling

• Erosion and compaction

• Compaction and cementation

• Evaporation and dissolving

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Which two words can best complete the order in the process shown?

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Layers

• Compaction

• Cementation

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Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents a MAGMA.

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Click on the part of the rock cycle that represents a METAMORPHIC ROCK.

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