Rocks Vocabulary

What is the process where dissolved minerals crystallize, and bind sediment particles together to form solid rock?

• Cementation

• Erosion

• Melting

• Evaporation

What is the squeezing together of sediment layers overtime, reducing space between particles and forming solid rock?

• Compaction

• Erosion

• Evaporation

• Melting

What do you call an igneous rock that forms when volcanic materials, erupts, cools, and crystallizes on earth's surface?

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

• Intrusive Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

What type of rock contains parallel layers of flat and elongated minerals?

• Foliated

• Igneous

• Nonfoliated

• Sedimentary

What is a rock that is formed from the cooling of magma or lava called?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Limestone

What is an igneous rock that forms as magma cools underground called?

• Intrusive Igneous Rock

• Extrusive Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

What type of rock is formed from an existing rock that has been changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Volcanic

What is a metamorphic rock with mineral grains that have a random, interlocking texture called?

• Non-Foliated

• Foliated

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

What is a naturally occurring solid composed of minerals, mineraloids, or organic materials called?

• Rock

• Liquid

• Gas

• Metal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock called?

• Rock Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Photosynthesis

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1