Rock Transformations: Chapter 1

What rocks are also known as 'magma rocks' ?

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Igneous Rocks

Which type of rocks have layers?

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Igneous Rocks

the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water

• Rock

• Uplift

• Weathering

• Mountain

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small pieces of rock

• pebble

• sediment

• cliff

a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like

• sediment

• formation

• sample

• model

True or False: All types of rocks are made in the same way.

• True

• False

a region of rock that formed together as a single rock type

• rock sample

• rock formation

• rock transformation

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anything that takes up space

• stuff

• particles

• mass

• matter

hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

• mantle

• plate

• magma

• igneous

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. The sediments were compacted and cemented together. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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