vocab
means resulting from fire
igneous
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these.
volcano
This is what sedimentary rocks start off as.
sediment
These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.
What are sedimentary, igneous, and most metamorphic rocks?
The three categories all rocks can be put into.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
Made from sediment" is the definition of what word?
sedmintary
Liquid rocks or minerals may be called _______
molten rock
The movement of sediment.
erosion
These two things are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
heat and pressure
A rock that was sediment, then went under pressure, then was melted down and crystalized or cooled inside a volcano is this type of rock.
igneous rock
Metamorphic rocks get their name also from the latin word morph, meaning this.
to change
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely make from this type of molten rock.
magma
The process of compaction and cementation is also known is this.
lithification
Sandstone (sedimentary) must go through his to become Quartzite
heat and pressure
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering
any type of rock