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WorksheetsThe rock cycle
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How are igneous rocks formed?
Changes by forming bigger crystals due to heat and pressure
Forms when sediments become cemented together
Forms when magma (lava) cools and makes crystal
Forms through weathering and erosion
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Forms through weathering and erosion
Changes by forming bigger crystals due to heat and pressure
Forms when magma (lava) cools and makes crystals
Forms when sediments become cemented together
Sedimentary rocks are formed...
through heat and pressure
through weathering and erosion
through melting and cooling
through compaction and cementation
This type of rock comes from liquid rock and might contain holes from gases (examples are basalt, granite, and obsidian)
sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic
To turn sedimentary into igneous you need...
cooling
compaction and cementation
weathering and erosion
melting
To turn metamorphic into igneous you need...
weathering and erosion
melting
heat and pressure
compaction and cementation
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
erosion
weathering
sediments
How are rocks classified?
How they are formed, their composition, and their texture
Their composition, their size, and their weight.
Their mass and their composition
How they are formed, their weight, and their color
the transport of fragments of rock by water, wind, ice, or gravity
weathering
erosion
deposition
lithification
