The Rock Cycle Quiz

Rock that forms when lava cools and hardens.

• Granite

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

The continuous change of rocks from one form to another.

• The Rock Cycle

• The Carbon Cycle

• Sedimentation

Process by which rock, sand, and soil are worn away and MOVED to a different place.

• Compaction

• Erosion

• Cementation

Tags

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The placement or dropping of sediment after being carried away.

• Evaporation

• Deflation

• Deposition

A process that binds sediment together.

• Cementation

• Melting

• Subduction

A process that squeezes, or presses, sediments into sedimentary rocks.

• Compaction

• Subduction

• Cementation

Rock changed by heat and pressure.

• Extrusive Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

Small pieces of rocks that are broken up.

• Mineral

• Sediment

• Magma

Rock that forms from compressed layers of sediment.

• Igneous Rock

• Volcanic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

Chemical or physical process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces.

• Diagenesis

• Cementation

• Weathering