Rock Cycle Vocab Quiz

What is the process that forms sedimentary rock?

• compacting and cementing

• Crystallization

• Erosion

• Deposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

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.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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.1.5B

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.K.5A

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

• Crystallization

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

Responsible for turning rock into sediment.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Responsible for carrying sediment away.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Responsible for dropping sediments in a new location.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

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.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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