Rock Cycle
What is a series of processes in which one form of rock changes into another?
Rock Cycle
What are rocks made of?
minerals
What type of rock forms from cooling down magma?
Igneous
What type of rock is formed when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by dissolving in water?
Sedimentary
What type of rock forms from solid, pre-existing rock?
Metamorphic
Weathering and erosion and compaction and cementation of sediments can change igneous rock into which type of rock?
Sedimentary
Scientists classify rocks by what two factors?
Composition & Texture
What type of igneous rock is formed when molten material cools underground?
Intrusive
Do larger sediments settle closer or further from the shore?
Closer
As the Earth’s depth increases, does temperature increase or decrease?
Increase
Extreme heat and pressure can change sedimentary rocks into which type of rocks?
Metamorphic
What are the fragments that make up rocks called?
Grains
What type of igneous rock is formed when molten material or lava cools above ground at the Earth’s surface?
Extrusive
What are tiny rock fragments or materials that settle out of air or water called?
Sediments
As the Earth’s depth increases, does pressure increase or decrease?
Increase
When magma cools, it forms which type of rock?
Igneous
What are some physical properties of rocks?
Hardness, streak, luster, brittleness, color, size, crystal habit (shape), etc.
Granite forms underground as molten material cools, what type of igneous rock is it classified as?
Intrusive
What are the four steps by which sedimentary rocks form?
Weathering/Erosion, Transportation, Deposition, and Compaction/Cementation
What are metamorphic rocks that develop bands of minerals called?
Foliated Rock
Metamorphic rock can melt due to high temperatures underground and form which molten material?
Magma
True or False: Rocks can be made of more than one mineral?
True
Basalt forms above ground at the Earth’s surface as lava cools, what type of igneous rock is it?
Extrusive
What are some examples of sedimentary rock?
Limestone, Sandstone, Fossilized Rock
What are metamorphic rocks that DO NOT develop bands of minerals called?
Non-Foliated Rock