the CRUCIVERBALIST’S guide to THE ROCK CYCLE
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1) Which area of Earth science is most concerned with the
rock cycle?
1) What name is given to openings in the Earth’s surface
that allow magma, ash, and gas to escape from within
the Earth?
2) What term describes the gradual removal of soil and
rock from the Earth’s surface?
*What things can cause this?
3) What name is given to molten rock beneath the Earth’s
surface?
*Under what conditions does rock take this form?
4) What term is used to describe the process of crushing
sediment together?
5) What term is used to describe what happens at a
convergent tectonic boundary when one plate sinks
below the other and into the Earth’s mantle?
6) What type of rock is formed by compacting sediment?
*Why is this the most common type of rock on the Earth’s
surface?
*What is an example of this type of rock?
7) What other natural cycle helps drive the rock cycle?
*How does this cycle effect rocks?
8) What term is given to process of changing physical
phase from solid to liquid?
9) What term describes the process of precipitates filling
the gaps in sediment and binding them into rock
material?
10) What type of rock is formed by the cooling and
solidification of magma or lava?
*What is an example of this type of rock?
*What role to these formations play in the rock cycle?
2) What term is used to describe the movement of
sediment?
*What causes this movement?
3) What name is given to the solid chemical components of
rocks?
4) What theory explains the large-scale movements of the
Earth’s lithosphere?
*How do these movements effect the rock cycle?
5) What term describes the process of forming solid
crystals structure as liquid rock cools?
*What factors effect how these crystals form?
6) What term is used to describe the geologic process of
increasing the elevation of rock material?
*What usually causes this?
*How does this relate to erosion?
7) What type of rock is formed when heat and pressure
transform existing rock?
*What is an example of this type of rock?
8) What name is given to molten rock that is expelled by a
volcano?
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?