Rocks
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Processes of the Rock Cycle
100
These are the 3 types of rock
What are "igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic"?
100
Magma that is extruded at the earth's surface is known as this
What is "extrusive" or "volcanic" igneous rock?
100
Which of the following is not a sedimentary rock--sandstone, quartzite, or mudstone?
What is "quartzite"? (it is a metamorphic rock)
100
Metamorphic rocks are formed from older rocks by heat and/or ____________
What is "pressure"?
100
Like weathering, this process breaks rock into smaller pieces, but does so while it is moving
What is "erosion"?
200
A rock is a mixture of one or more _____________
What are "minerals"?
200
Name this explosive igneous extrusive rock that floats on water...
What is "pumice"?
200
Evidence of once living things that are preserved in sedimentary rocks
What are "fossils"?
200
This metamorphic rocks was once a sedimentary rocks called "shale"
What is "slate"?
200
This process is also referred to as "mountain-building" or "orogeny"
What is "uplift"?
300
A "mineral" is inorganic, naturally-occuring, solid and has an ordered ________ structure.
What is "crystal"?
300
Granite is an _________ igneous rock
What is "intrusive"?
300
Weathered debris is often transported by rivers and streams into these bodies of water
What are "lakes and oceans"?
300
Metamorphosis means to ___________ form
What is "change"?
300
This process MOVES eroded rock debris downstream
What is "transportation"?
400
The continual "cycle" by which new rock forms from old rock material
What is "the rock cycle"?
400
The slower the magma cools, the _________ the mineral crystals
What is "larger"?
400
Stalactites and stalagmites are forms of ___________ sedimentary rocks
What is "chemical"?
400
This plate boundary type is least likely to form metamorphic rock--divergent, convergent or transform
What is "divergent"?
400
Water, wind, heat and ice are ways THIS PROCESS breaks down rock
What is "weathering"?
500
Hot liquified material found in the asthenosphere
What is "magma"?
500
Most granite has a high percentage of this mineral
What is "quartz" (or "silica")?
500
Rocks that are formed by or from living things are called ____________ sedimentary rocks
What is "organic"?
500
Granite transforms into this metamorphic rock
What is "gneiss"?
500
This process happens when material is compacted and cemented together
What is "lithification"?