The Rock Cycle

What are the 3 main types of rocks?

• metamorphic, sedimentary, lava
• metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary
• metamorphic, magma, sedimentary

What type of rock is formed due to pressure and heat within the earth?

• igneous
• sedimentary
• metamorphic

What type of rock is formed when magma from a volcano cools and hardens on the earth's surface?

• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• igneous
• lava

What type of rock is formed when smaller parts of older rocks become cemented together?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• pebbles

Rocks are classified by how they:

• look

• are formed

• feel

_________________ is the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces of rock.

• erosion
• weathering 
• deposition

What is the molten rock that rises and explodes from within a volcano?

• igneous rocks

• sediments

• magma

The ___________ _______________ is the process of one type of rock transforming into a different type of rock.

• weathering

• erosion

• Rock Cycle

The process of sediment being glued together:

• compaction

• weathering

• cementation

_____________ rocks form when rock buried deep inside the earth change without melting or weathering.

• igneous

• sediment

• metamorphic