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Rock Cycle

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  • Limestone, shale, and sandstone are examples of what kind of rock?
    sedimentary rock
  • Movement of materials from one place to another. It is a process by which small pieces or rocks, grains or sediment are washed away into the sea.
    erosion
  • What is it called when water or wind breaks rocks into smaller pieces?
    weathering
  • What action would will the blank: metamorphic --> _______________ --> magma
    melting
  • What type of rock is formed from a cooled magma?
    Igneous Rock
  • What action would fill the blank: magma --> ____________________ --> igneous
    cooling
  • Give one: Metamorphic rock forms when other rocks are under extreme
    pressure / heat
  • This type of rock is when old rocks transform into new rocks
    Metamorphic Rock
  • Molten rock that has reached the earth's surface
    lava
  • What action would fill the blank: sedimentary --> ________________________ --> metamorphic
    heat / pressure
  • small pieces of dust, rock, sand and shells are called?
    sediment
  • Give an exmple of a metamorphic rock.
    marble / quartz / slate
  • The parent rock of slate is ________.
    Shale
  • Give an example of a sedimentary rock.
    limestone / sandstone / Shale / Dolomite
  • give one: What action would fill the blank: sediments --> ___________________ -->
    compaction / cementation
  • Molten rock under the earth's surface
    magma
  • What are rocks made of?
    minerals
  • What kind of rock is granite?
    igneous rock
  • What rock is a made up of tiny particles of sand that have been compacted and compressed together?
    sandstone
  • This type of rock can be made from bits of other rocks or parts of dead organisms
    Sedimentary Rock