Types of Rocks
What rocks forms from sediment compacting over time?
Sedimentary rocks
What rock forms from lava cooling
Igneous
What do you call the tiny pieces of rocks
Sediments
What is it called when plate boundaries slide away from each other
Divergent plate boundaries
What are the 3 types of rocks?
Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary
What do you call above ground magma
Lava
What transforms rocks into sediments
Weathering and erosion
What is it called when plates slam into each other?
Convergent plate boundaries
Where does an extrusive rock form.
Above ground
What rocks forms from heat and pressure
Metamorphic
What are metamorphic rocks formed from
High Temps and High Pressure.
What is it called when plate boundaries slide past each other
A transform plate boundary
Metamorphic rock can form from which types of rocks
Sedimentary and Igneous
Where is an intrusive rock form
Underground
How can a igneous rock turn into a metamorphic rock
Heat and pressure
What state is a also a hot spot?
Hawaii
What are the three characteristics for rock identification?
Color, density, composition
How does rocks turn into magma
Melting
How do sedimentary rocks form
cementation and compaction
What plate boundary movement causes earthquakes