Rock Cycle Vocabulary

How would a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock?

• weathering and erosion

• melting then cooling and crystallizing

• heat and pressure

• compacting and cementing

How would an igneous rock become sedimentary?

• weathering, erosion, deposition then compacting and cementing

• melting then cooling and crystallizing

• heat and pressure

• melting then weathering and erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?

• Coal

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called...

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Earth's rocks changes from one type into another over time due to various Earth's processes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

occurs when compacted sediments stick together and turn into rock

occurs when rock particles are pressed together or packed down by gravity and overlying rocks

rocks form when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and are compacted together

formed when lava or magma cools and solidifies.

What is the process called when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by natural forces?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cementation