Miscellaneous
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Processes of the Rock Cycle
100

a mineral is a naturally formed solid with what structure?

What is a definite, crystal structure?

100

Igneous rock has two types. What are they?

Intrusive and extrusive

100
Sedimentary rock forms when what collects and hardens into new rock?
What is sediment
100

Sedimentary rock can become metamorphic rock near these two places:

What are magma chambers and subduction zones.

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 crystals of one or more what?

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 that is formed by pressure of two plates colliding and covers a very large area is called?

What is Regional Metamorphism

200
Buried rock is brought to the earth's surface by what?
What is uplift.
300

What process causes metamorphic rock to turn into sediment?

What is weathering and erosion.

300
Magma that is pushed to the earth's surface is called what?
What is lava
300

The most famous place for sedimentary rock is...

What is The Grand Canyon?

300

Metamorphic rock that forms near a magma chamber and changes by getting "cooked" is called?

What is Contact Metamorphism.

300
Grains of rock are removed from their source by what?
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

Intrusive igneous rock cools ______________ than extrusive igneous rock.

What is slower?

400

Sedimentary rock is known for its look. In class we said it resembles...

What is cake-layers?

400

Where does the pressure come from that causes metamorphic rock to form?

What is the weight of the rock above it or by two plates colliding together

400
Water, wind, heat and ice break down rocks by what process?
What is weathering.
500

Sometimes metamorphic rock will NOT have any horizontal layering to it. EX: Quartzite  We call this type of metamorphic rock...

What is non-foliated?

500

Extrusive igneous rock cools so fast that it doesn't have enough time to form these...

What are crystals?

500

Sedimentary rocks are known to contain what?

What are fossils.

500

What do foliated metamorphic rocks have?

What are horizontal bands.

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