Rock Cycle - Quiz

Instructions: Type your name. Choose the correct word for each definition.  Click "Submit" to see your mark.

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  1. rock formed by cooling and solidifying of magma

  2.  rock that has been changed by extreme heat and pressure over time.

  3.  rock formed from sediments that are compacted (=pressed) and cemented together.

  4.  the physical (freezing and thawing), chemical (reactions with water or chemicals in rain) or biological (ex. roots) breaking down of rocks

  5.  carrying away of tiny rock particles and soil by wind, water, ice or gravity.

  6.  a mixture of broken pieces of large rocks, minerals, and the remains of living things that settle on the bottom of rivers, lakes and oceans

  7.  molten (=melted) rock beneath the surface of the earth

  8.  magma that flows on the earth's surface in a volcanic eruption

  9.  The movement of solid "plates" that make up the crust of the earth.

  10.  one of many thousands of compounds or elements that make up rocks.

  11.   living or from living things

  12.   non-living; not formed by living things

  13.   igneous rock that cools and hardens inside the earth’s crust

  14. igneous rock that cools and hardens outside the earth’s crust