Rocks
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Processes of the Rock Cycle
100
An inorganic substance that is solid, has a definite chemical composition, and internal structure. 

What is mineral

100
Igneous rock is formed when what cools?
What is magma
100
Sedimentary rock forms when what collects and hardens into new rock?
What is sediment
100
Metamorphic means to?
What is change.
100
Any type of rock can become what kind or kinds of rock?
What is any kind.
200

A rock is a solid mixture of 2 or more of these.

What are Minerals

200
Liquid rock found inside the earth is called what?
What is magma
200
Sediment stacks up in layers that are ______________ together.
What is cemented.
200
Metamorphic rock is formed by heat and what?
What is pressure.
200
Buried rock is brought to the earth's surface by what?
What is uplift.
300
The chemical makeup of a rock is called what?
What is composition.
300
Magma that is pushed to the earth's surface is called what?
What is lava
300
Sedimentary rock often forms at the bottom of _____________ as it is depostited by rivers and streams.
What is lakes or seas.
300
Metamorphic rock can be formed only where on the Earth? Inside/outside/either
What is inside.
300

Rock is broken down in tiny pieces and moved by this.

What is erosion.

400
The continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material is called what?
What is the rock cycle.
400

Obsidian is a type of volcanic ______ that forms from quickly cooled lava

What is glass

400
Sediment is usually formed by ____________ and erosion.
What is weathering.
400
Where does the pressure come from that causes metamorphic rock to form?
What is the weight of the rock above it.
400
Water, wind, heat and ice break down rocks by what process?
What is weathering.
500

Diamonds form from carbon with

What is heat and pressure

500

Igneous rock that forms inside the earth is called

What is intrusive

500
Sedimentary rocks that have the shape of once living things.
What are fossils.
500

What is the name of a hard, white, sparkly metamorphic rock that we idenfied in our rock identification lab?

What is quartzite or marble.

500
Water, ice, and wind drop newly formed sediments by what process?
What is deposition.
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