Types of Rocks/Geology Basics

What is the process called when sediments stick to each other and stay together, forming rock?

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Cementation

• Compaction

What is the term for tiny bits of weathered rock?

• Sediment

• Magma

• Lava

• Mineral

What is the name for melted rock below the earth's crust?

• Lava

• Magma

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

What do you call a person who studies rocks and minerals?

• Geologist

• Chemist

• Biologist

• Physicist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the process of breaking down or dissolving of rocks, minerals, or soil into smaller pieces?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Compaction

• Cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the term for the movement of sediments?

• Erosion

• Compaction

• Weathering

• Cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is it called when cools inside the earth?

• Mineral

• Intrusive

• Extrusive

• Magma

What is the term when existing rock is exposed to extreme heat and pressure?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Lava

• Metamorphic Rock

What is the term when rock forms when existing rocks break down into sediments and then compact into layers?

• Cementation

• Sedimentary Rock

• Erosion

• Geologist

What is it called when melted rock above the earth's crust?

• Lava

• Magma

• Igneous

• Sediment