Rock Cycle and Classification Worksheet

Match the following

• Compaction

• When compacted sediments stick together and turn into a sedimentary rock.

• Weathering

• The process by which gravity, water, wind, and ice break rocks into smaller pieces.

• Melting

• When matter changes from a solid to a liquid.

• Pressure

• When sediment is pressured together or packed down by gravity.

• Cementation

• Force exerted on matter through contact with other matter.

Use the clues provided to complete the question.

a

b

lava

Magma

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Label each section

a

b

c

Sedimentary Rock

Metamorphic Rock

Igneous Rock

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Describe the process of the formation of igneous rock. What characteristics do igneous rocks have?

How can a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?  

• Sedimentary rock can become a metamorphic rock by being exposed to extreme heat and pressure below Earth’s surface.

• Sedimentary rock can become a metamorphic rock by being exposed to magma and lava on Earth’s surface.

• This process cannot be possible.

• Only Metamorphic rocks can turn to igneous rocks

What is formed when rock melts? (There is more than one term used for this.)

• Magma

• The Rock Cycle

• Lava

• Pressure

What is formed through weathering, erosion, and deposition?

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sediments

• Igneous Rock

• Lava

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What type of rock is formed from extreme heat and pressure?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Cementation

What type of rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Cementation

What type of rock is formed from sediments?

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Cementation