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WorksheetsWeathering, Erosion, and The Rock Cycle
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 39mins
A model showing the processes that create and change rock.
Water Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Rock Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
These Rocks are formed from Magma and Lava
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
These Rocks are formed from Heat and Pressure
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
These Rocks are form from layers of sediment over Millions of years
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Molten rock below the Earth's surface is called...
Magma
Lava
Goo
Really hot goo
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
erosion
weathering
sediments
Having visible layers would identified a rock as (a) . Rocks that are cooled lava or magma are (b) rock. Intense heat and pressure allows for (c) rock to form.
Which of these terms describes the process of acid rain wearing out limestone?
deposition
chemical weathering
physical weathering
erosion
Weathering is the__________________.
breaking down of rocks
movement of rocks
deposition of rocks
Weathering is the process of -
Moving sediment from one place to another
Dropping or leaving sediment in a location
Breaking down rocks into sediment
These Rocks are formed from Heat and Pressure
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
magma
melted rock inside earth
magma that flows on the surface
sediments
fire from a fire breathing dragon
Rocks that have cooled and hardened from melted rock
metamorphic
sedimentary
igneous
crystals
the transport of fragments of rock by water, wind, ice, or gravity
weathering
erosion
deposition
lithification
Weathering is the__________________.
breaking down of rocks
movement of rocks
deposition of rocks
Erosion ________________________.
breaks down rock
moves rocks
deposits rock
is caused by ice wedging
What is erosion?
movement and transport of rock and sediments by water, ice, gravity and wind
breakdown of rock by mechanical and chemical forces
compaction and cementation
melting and solidifying
How do animals weather rocks?
digging and burrowing into the soil
moving rocks from one area to another
eating plant material
sleeping in their den
What are three basic rock types?
Igneous, metamorphic, gneiss
metamorphic, sedimentary, limestone
igneous, sedimentary, granite
Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
