Rocks and Minerals Intro

The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.

• texture
• weathering
• sediment
• erosion

Molten rock below the Earth's surface.

• magma
• lava
• rock
• erosion

A natural object that is made of minerals.

• erosion
• magma
• alloys
• rock

Rock altered (changed) by pressure and heat

• sedimentary rock
• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• erosion

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

• igneous rock
• sediment
• erosion
• sedimentary rock

The continuous recycling of new rock from old rock material.

• rock 'n roll
• erosion
• rock cycle
• cement

When grains of sediment are pressed together to form sedimentary rock.

• compaction and cementation
• composition
• sediment
• erosion

When wind, water, ice and gravity move sediment from one place to another.

• glaciers
• composition
• rock slide
• erosion

The chemical make up of the rock. (The minerals inside rock.)

• composition
• elements
• reaction
• rock candy

What are the three rock types called?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary
• Minerals, Rocks, and Grains
• Grains, Composition, and Texture