The Three Types of Rocks and The Rock Cycle

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

• Sediments

• When magma or lava cools

• With heat and pressure

• When sediments are pushed together in layers

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How are metamorphic rocks formed?

• When a rock changes from heat and pressure

• When a rock becomes magma

• When sediments are pushed together in layers

• By wind

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How are igneous rocks formed?

• Lava

• When sediments are pushed together in layers

• When magma and lava cools and hardens

• Through heat and pressure

What is the rock cycle?

• A type of music

• When one type of rock is changed into a different type of rock

• When rocks melt

• A life cycle

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What is weathering?

• The breaking down of rocks by water, wind, ice, roots, etc.

• The weather

• Rain, wind, ice

• The temperature outside

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What is erosion

• A barrier to prevent a landslide

• The movement of broken rock to a new place

• The breaking down of rock

• The inside of your ear

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