Rock and Soil Vocab

This rock was formed when heat and pressure changed its minerals around into new minerals. What type of rock is it?

• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Boring Rock

This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

What causes rocks to break down? (Typically by wind or water)

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cementation

The placing of sediment in a new location after erosion is what?

• weathering

• compaction

• cementation

• deposition

the carrying of sediment to a new location, typically by winder or water

• weathering

• sediment

• erosion

• cememtation

Coral reef is an animal

• false
• true

A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?

• Melting and cooling
• Extreme heat and pressure
• Compaction and cementation
• Weathering and erosion

The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• jackhammering

This type of weathering occurs when rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces of rock.

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• erosion weathering
• deposition