Rock Transformations Amplify (Vocabulary) Test

Front

What is the process by which rock material moves under Earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion?

Back

Subduction

Front

What is the term for hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth?

Back

Magma

Front

What do we call anything that has mass and takes up space?

Back

Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Front

What is the process of sediment being glued together called?

Back

Cementation

Front

What is the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water?

Back

Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

What is the term for the solid, outer layer of Earth?

Back

Crust

Front

What do we call the movement of rock and soil down a slope?

Back

Erosion

Front

What is the term for the natural process of breaking down rocks?

Back

Weathering

Front

What is the name of the layer of Earth located beneath the crust?

Back

Mantle

Front

What is the process by which rocks are formed from cooled magma?

Back

Igneous formation