Rock Cycle Review

What process(es) create igneous rocks?

• Heat, Pressure, and Chemical Reaction

• Melting and Cooling

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compaction and Cementing

What process(es) create sediments?

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• Heat, Pressure, and Chemical Reaction

• Melting and Cooling

• Weathering

• Compaction and Cementing

What process(es) create Metamorphic Rocks?

• Heat, Pressure, and Chemical Reaction

• Melting and Cooling

• Weathering

• Compaction and Cementing

What process(es) create Sedimentary Rocks?

• Heat, Pressure, and Chemical Reaction

• Melting and Cooling

• Weathering

• Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, and Cementing

occurs when dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cementing

When a sediment is dropped at a new location.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cementing

When a sediment is carried by either wind, water or gravity.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cementing

Causes Sedimentary, Metamorphic, or Igneous rocks to break apart into pieces called sediments. ​

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cementing

Series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock.

• Rock Cycle

• Igneous Cycle

• Plate Tectonics

• Subduction Cycle