Grade 6 Unit 06: Earth Materials

1. 1. What rock is the result of cooling magma? What is the difference between magma and lava and the rocks they form?
2. 2. Any type of rock can become sedimentary rock. First the rock is broken into smaller pieces in a process called ______________. These pieces are carried away by wind or water in a process called ________________. Eventually the pieces settle in layers in _______________. Over time the layers are cemented together into rock.
3. 3. What factors cause rock to be metamorphosed into metamorphic rock? What kinds of rock can become metamorphic?
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5. 5. What are the layers of the Earth, from innermost, to outermost. What are the properties of each?