1

What is the first step of the

sedimentary rock formation

process?

2

weathering

3

What can the shape of the particles

in clastic rocks tell you?

4

How far from the source the

particles were deposited.

5

What are the building blocks of

rocks?

6

minerals

7

What is the second step of the

sedimentary rock formation

process?

8

erosion

9

Name a visible fact about foliated

metamorphic rock?

10

It has layers or bands that you can

see.

11

What is the third step of the

sedimentary rock formation

process?

12

deposition

13

When does contact metamorphism

occur?

14

When magma contacts existing

rock.

15

In what way does heat cause

metamorphism?

16

It breaks the chemical bonds of

minerals.

17

Give a very specific name for

what type of rock limestone is.

18

chemical sedimentary rock

19

Why is it important to understand

the rock cycle?

20

It helps us understand how rocks

change from one kind to another.

21

What can chemical sedimentary

rocks be made from?

22

Animal shells

23

What happens when an ocean

plate and a continental plate

collide?

24

The ocean plate is pushed

downward.

25

Why does magma push towards

the surface of the Earth

26

Because melted rock is less dense

than solid rock.

27

What type of texture do extrusive

igneous rocks have?

28

Fine-grained

29

Where would igneous rocks most

likely form?

30

focus

31

What is the name for the pattern in

which rocks change from one form

into another?

32

Rock Cycle

33

What is the gluing together of

sediments?

34

Cementation

35

What is the movement of

sediments to a new location?

36

Erosion

37

What is molten rock within the

Earth?

38

magma

39

What is the building up of layers of

sediment?

40

sedimentation

41

What type of rock forms when

magma cools and crystallizes?

42

Igneous rock

43

What is the breaking up of rock into

smaller pieces?

44

weathering

45

What is the changing of rock by

great heat and pressure?

46

metamorphism

47

What type of rock is made by

sediments that are mechanically

weathered, transported, and

deposited?

48

Clastic rock

49

What is the dropping of rock when

wind or water slows down or ice

melts?

50

deposition

51

What type of rock is formed from

minerals that dissolved in water

and came back out?

52

Chemical rock