The Rock Cycle
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock and Roll
100
A process that causes igneous and sedimentary rock to become sediment.
What is weathering and erosion
100
Formed from lava or magma.
What is igneous rock
100

A rock made of dead organisms.

What is a organic rock

100
Where most metamorphic rocks form.
What is the earth's mantle
100
A collection of minerals, organic matter, volcanic glass, or other materials.
What is a rock.
200
A molten form volcanic glass, such as obsidian.
What is lava
200
This type of rock includes granite, gabbro, diorite.
What is intrusive igneous rocks
200

A organic rock formed from plant debris.

What is coal

200
What metamorphic rocks are formed with.
What is heat & pressure
200

What are the five characteristics of a mineral?

naturally occurring, solid, inorganic, definite chemical composition, and crystalline structure

300
A tectonic process that forces rocks onto Earth's surface throughout the rock cycle.
What is uplift
300
The process that turns magma or lava into igneous rock.
What is cooling and crystallization
300
Rocks formed from the direct crystallization of minerals from water, such as limestone and rock salt.
What is chemical rock
300

All of the following conditions can cause metamorphic rocks to form EXCEPT

exposure to air

heat

pressure

the presence of hot, watery fluids

What is exposure to air

300

Rocks are classified based on...

the way they are formed

400
The continuous changing and reforming of rocks.
What is the rock cycle
400
Formed above the surface, and have smaller or invisible grains
What is extrusive igneous rock
400
The small pieces that make up clastic rock.
What are clasts
400
What metamorphic rocks that contain parallel, flat, or elongated minerals are called.
What is foliated rock
400
A process in which the weight from layers of sediment forces out fluid and decreases space between the grains.
What is compaction
500

What are the two ways rock material can turn into magma?

by touching other magma (intense heat)

or it can be drawn underneath Earth's surface along fault lines during movement of tectonic plates (intense pressure)

500

The crystals that form in fast cooling lava produce ____ mineral grains.

What is fine or small

500

Sediments in sedimentary rock are held together by ______

natural cements (minerals like quartz and calcite)

500
The formation of extremely large metamorphic rocks.
What is regional metamorphism
500
molten rock from deep inside earth.
What is magma
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