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 or lava?
Igneous
What type of sedimentary rock is formed when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces and squeezed together.
Clastic sedimentary rock
What type of rock forms from solid, pre-existing rock?
Metamorphic Rock
Weathering, erosion, deposition, and compaction and cementation of sediments can change igneous rock into which type of rock?
Sedimentary
Scientists classify rocks by what two factors?
Composition and Texture
What type of igneous rock is formed when molten material cools underground?
Intrusive Igneous
What are the three steps by which sedimentary rocks form?
WED
What are metamorphic rocks that develop bands of minerals called?
Foliated
Extreme heat and pressure can change sedimentary rocks into which type of rocks?
Metamorphic
True or False: Rocks can be made of more than one mineral?
True
What type of igneous rock is formed when molten material or lava cools above ground at the Earth’s surface?
Extrusive Igneous
What are some examples of sedimentary rock?
Limestone, Sandstone, Fossilized Rock
What are metamorphic rocks that DO NOT develop bands of minerals called?
Nonfoliated
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 would be considered __________ because it has low density, light colored, and made of silicon.
Felsic
What type of sedimentary rock is formed when minerals crystallize out of solution?
Chemical Sedimentary
_____________ metamorphism occurs when rock is near magma.
Contact
Metamorphic rock can melt due to high temperatures underground and form which molten material?
Magma
Name 3 things rocks are used for.
Tools, roads, buildings, monuments, concrete, etc.
Basalt would be considered _____________ because it is dense, dark colored, and made of iron.
Mafic
What type of sedimentary rock is formed from the remains of once living organisms.
Organic Sedimentary
_____________ metamorphism occurs when rock undergoes extreme pressure.
Regional