Rock Formation Skyline

The process of sediment being glued together is called

• cementation
• compaction
• cross section
• erosion

A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like is called _________.

• cementation
• compaction
• cross section
• erosion

The process of sediment being buried and pressed together is called ______________.

• cementation
• compaction
• cross section
• erosion

What type of rock is formed when magma cools and becomes solid?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• candy

What is the hot liquid rock below the surface of the Earth called?

• magma
• matter
• energy
• mineral

What do we call anything that has mass and takes up space?

• matter
• magma
• energy
• erosion

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A region of rock that formed together as a single rock type is called a ___________________.

• glacier
• sample
• mineral
• rock formation

What are small pieces of rock?

• sample
• sediment
• subduction
• slices

What rock type is formed when sediment is pressed and glued together?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• candy

You observe two rocks. Rock 1 is from Arizona and Rock 2 is from Kentucky.

Rock 1: Formed from liquid rock.

Rock 2: Formed from small pieces of rock

Rocks 1 and 2: Formed at about the same time.

The rocks are _____________.

• Different because they formed in different ways.

• The same because they formed at about the same time.

• Different because they were formed in different places.

• The same because they both formed from rock material.