Rocks and Minerals Vocabulary

What are the three main types of rocks?

• sedimentary, weathering, igneous

• sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic

• igneous, metamorphic, mineral

• igneous, sedimentary, sediment

How do igneous rocks form?

• heat and pressure

• cooling

• compaction and cementation

How do metamorphic rocks form?

• heat and pressure

• cooling

• compaction and cementation

How do sedimentary rocks form?

• heat and pressure

• cooling

• compaction and cementation

Sediments are

• the process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

• a naturally occurring solid that is the building blocks of rocks

• a continuous process by which rocks are created, change form, destroyed, and form again

• small pieces of broken down rock and soil

The continuous process by which rocks are created, change form, destroyed, and created again is called

• the mineral cycle

• the water cycle

• the rock cycle

• the weathering cycle

What makes up a mineral

• water

• elements

• rocks

• soil

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What is erosion?

• A solid made up of one or more minerals

• Many pieces of broken down rocks or soil

• The process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces by chemical or physical forces

• The movement of rock pieces from place to place

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What is weathering?

• A solid made up of one or more minerals

• Many pieces of broken down rocks or soil

• The process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces by chemical or physical forces

• The movement of rock pieces from place to place

A solid made up of one or more minerals is called a __________.

• rock

• mineral

• sediment

• nutrient

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