The Basics
What are the 3 types of rocks?
Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
When sediments are compacted and cemented, they turn into ____ rocks.
The process of moving weathered bits of rock to a different location
erosion
Lava is molten rock found above the earth's surface. What do you call the molten rock found BELOW the earth's surface?
Magma
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What is the name for tiny pieces of rock, sand, pebbles, etc that compress together to form one kind of rock?
Sediment
When igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks undergo weathering and erosion, they turn into ____.
Sediments
Which type of rock is formed by the cooling of lava?
Igneous
This process is where new minerals stick sediments together to form sedimentary rocks.
cementation
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What are the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal that is preserved in a rock?
A fossil
Heat and pressure turn sedimentary rocks into ____ rocks.
Metamorphic
Weathering and erosion turns metamorphic rocks into ___.
Sediments
Almost all fossils are found in which type of rock?
Sedimentary
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What is the name for the process of breaking down rocks?
Weathering
When metamorphic and igneous rocks melt, they turn into _____.
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This process squashes sediment together more tightly to form sedimentary rocks
compaction
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What is the study of rocks called?
Geology
____ rocks are formed under the surface of the earth from the change that occurs due to intense heat and pressure.
Metamorphic
Igneous rocks are categorized as intrusive or ____ depending on where the molten rock cooled.
Extrusive
It is weathered into sediment and the sediment is eroded into layers. Over a long period of time the sediment hardens into rock.