Sedimentary Rocks
Small pieces of rock
What is sediment?
Igneous rock
What is the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid?
How magma becomes igneous rock
What is magma coming up to the surface (lava) and cooling to form igneous rock?
Compaction
What is the process of sediment being buried and pressed together?
How two rocks found next to each other can be different type of rocks
What is different processes created the two rocks?
How sedimentary rocks are formed
What is weathering (wind or moving water)?
An example of igneous rock
What is basalt?
How a Igneous rock turns into sedimentary rock
What is weathering and erosion?
Weathering
What is the process of rock breaking down into smaller pieces due to wind or moving water
How two rocks, one found in Seattle, and the other in New Jersey, can be the same type of rock
What is the same processes formed both rocks?
Common places for sedimentary rock to form
What are rivers and oceans?
The latin root and meaning of Igneous
What is Ignus (fire)?
How a Sedimentary rock turns into metamorphic rock
What is and pressure falling with tectonic movement?
Uplift
What is the process by which all the rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion?
How igneous rocks can be found around the world?
What is the cooling of magma?
The movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind or flowing water
What is erosion?
Extrusive igneous rock
How a metamorphic rock turns into magma
What is subduction (heat and pressure in the earth's mantle)?
Subduction
What is the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion?
What are YEARSSSSS?
An example of sedimentary rock
What is shale?
Intrusive Igneous rock
What is igneous rock formed from crystalizing under Earth's surface?
How an igneous rock turning into a metamorphic rock
What is heat and pressure with tectonic plate movement?
The difference between magma and lava
What is magma is underground and lava is above ground?
The type of rock that will form when sediment is compacted