Rock Cycle

In the rock cycle, which processes are driven by energy from the sun?

• weathering / erosion

• melting

• heat / pressure

• crystallization

What is NOT required for metamorphic rock formation?

• extreme heat

• rock melting completely

• rock changing into new rock

• extreme pressure

The formation of which type of rock requires weathering & erosion?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• magma / lava

Which kind of rock is most likely to contain fossils?

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

• crystals

What is an igneous rock called before it hardens?

• magma / lava

• metamorphic

• seidments

• crystals

What are little bits of rock that are broken off of other rock?

• crystals

• sediments

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Melting can turn any rock type into ______

• sediment

• magma / lava

• deposition

• crystals

What helps cause weathering & erosion?

• moving water, ice, & Earth's interior

• gravity, wind, & the seasons

• gravity, wind, moving water, & ice

• moving water, ice, & heat

If sediments are melted, what can happen to them?

• they can burn up

• they can turn into metamorphic rock

• they can turn into sedimentary rock

• they can turn into igneous rock

If the amount of rainfall increases, what would happen to the rate of erosion?

• It would increase

• It would decrease

• It would not change

• It would stop