The Rock Cycle Assessment

A. Match de definitions on the left to the processes on the right

1. Sediments being transported by wind, water, and gravity. a. Melting

2. Rocks being broken down into tiny pieces (called sediments) by wind and water. b. Crystallisation
3. When magma cools down. c. Weathering
4. When rocks become magma. d. Erosion
5. Extreme heat and pressure make rocks change. e. Cementation
6. When sediments stick together due to compaction. f. Metamorphism

a. Weathering
b. Erosion
c. Cementation
d. Crystallisation
e. Melting
f. Metamorphism

a. Igneous b. Sedimentary c. Metamorphic

7. Rock become this type of rock when they have been exposed to extreme heat and pressure deep in the
earth.

8. Pieces of soil and minerals stick together in layers to create this type of rock.

9. Lava crystallizes and creates this type of rock.

Crystalizes. Magma., weathering. Cementation. sedimentary

10. Molten rock, also know as ______________ is found deep in the earth. When volcanoes erupt, this molten
rock comes out to the surface of the earth as lava.
11. Lava then cools down and ______________ to become Igneous rocks.
12. Igneous rocks break down into small pieces of sediment when exposed to wind and water in a process
called ______________________.

13. Sediments deposit in layers. When the layers get too heavy, the sediments get compacted and start
sticking to each other in a process called __________________.
14. Fossils are usually found in ___________________ rock.

15. When igneous or sedimentary rocks get buried deep in the earth, they are exposed to extreme
______________ and _______________, which makes the rocks change into ______________ rocks.

Why is the following sentence FALSE

16. A rock takes 100 years to change into another type of rock.

Fill in the blanks in the following Rock Cycle Diagram