Rock Cycle Vocab Quiz

What is the process that forms sedimentary rock?

• compacting and cementing

• Crystallization

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

What type of rock forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Lava

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the process by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and then carried away?

• Erosion

• cementing

• Deposition

• Crystallization

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions in Earth's interior?

• Magma

• Metamorphic rock

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations?

• Crystallization

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Responsible for turning rock into sediment.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Responsible for carrying sediment away.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Responsible for dropping sediments in a new location.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Sediments are...

• big pieces of rock
• tiny pieces of rock
• water that breaks down rock
• rock that is in earth's interior

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Rock that forms from high temperature and pressure.

• metamorphic rock
• sedimentary rock
• igneous rock

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A