vocab
This word means "resulting from or produced from fire."
igneous
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these.
This is what sedimentary rocks start off as.
sediment
These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.
sedimentary, igneous, and most metamorphic rocks?
The three categories all rocks can be put into.
are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
made from sediment is what word
sedimentary
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
Metamorphic rocks get their name also from the latin word morph, meaning this.
form " 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 pressure
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering.
type of rock
Sedimentary rocks get there name from this, the substance they are made of.
sediment
Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types.
intrusive (basalt) and extrusive (granite) rocks
What two types of sedimentary rocks are there?
limestone and chalk
This is why metamorphic rock is great for building.
durable and strong
This is formed when clay goes under a lot of heat and pressure.
slate
Foliated metamorphic rocks get there name for the latin word folia meaning what?
leaf
This type of igneous rock are made when magma comes out of the Earth.
basalt
This type of rock is formed from dead trees and plants (also known as fossils) ?
coal
These are the two categories that metamorphic rocks can be put into.
are foliated and nonfoliated
This is how rocks on the surface get pushed into the Earth's core.
pressure