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Rock Types
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True or False: With enough time and the right forms of energy, all rock types can be transformed into the other rock types.
True
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Tiny pieces of rock (example: sand)
Sediment
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The rock type formed when sediment is pressed and glued together
Sedimentary Rock
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The process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion (ROCK MOVES UP!)
Uplift
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What is the real difference between each rock type? (Choose 1 option)
1. color of rock
2. the processes that formed the rock
3. pattern of rock
2. the processes that formed the rock
The color and pattern can sometimes be the same, but the process that formed the rock is what tells
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Hot liquid rock below Earth's surface
Magma
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The rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
Igneous Rock
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the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion (ROCK MOVES DOWN!)
Subduction
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Where does the energy come from that makes the weather?
The Sun provides the energy that makes the weather, which then weathers the rock
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What do we call anything that has mass or takes up space?
Matter
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The rock type formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock; DOES NOT require melting or weathering
Metamorphic Rock
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The process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
Weathering
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Where does the energy come from, to melt rock into magma?
Underground from the Earth's interior which is extremely hot
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A region of rock that formed together as a single rock type (example: this arch, grand canyon, red rocks in Sedona)
Rock Formation
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What type of rock is granite? Why do we use it in kitchens? (2 part answer!)
Igneous rock. We use it because it is heat resistant and durable; this is because it is igneous rock, made from magma!
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The movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
Erosion
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When these THINGS move, rock formations move with them, and can end up coming above ground or moving back into the mantle. What are these THINGS that move and cause the rock to be exposed to different types of energy?
Plates (plate motion)
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The repeating process that makes rock, weathers rock, turns it into different types of rock, and then starts all over again
Rock Cycle
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What type of rock is marble? Why do we use it in sculpting? (2 part answer!)
Metamorphic rock. We use it in sculpting because it is softer than rocks like granite, and because it is especially beautiful when it is carved.
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The process of sediment being buried and pressed together AND THEN the process of sediment being glued together (2 vocab words here!)
Compaction and Cementation