Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
The Rock Cycle
Other
100
Magma and Lava
What are two molten materials that form igneous rocks?
100
Clastic, chemical and biochemical
What are the three types of sedimentary rocks?
100
Foliated and nonfoiliated
What are two types of metamorphic rocks?
100
Uplift
What is a tectonic process that forces rocks onto Earth's surface?
100
Gneiss
What is a type of Metamorphic rock that is metamorphisized from granite?
200
Exstrusive igneous rocks
What are igneous rocks that form when lava cools on Earth's surface?
200
Biochemical rock
What is a sedimentary rock that forms from organisms or remains of organisms?
200
The formation of metamorphic rock bodies that are hundreds of square kilometers in size.
What is regional metamorphsism?
200
Heat and Pressure
What processes form metamorphic rocks?
200
Conglomerate
What type of rock is formed by fast moving rivers or streams that have polished and rounded grains?
300
Intrusive igneous rocks
What are igneous rocks that cool slowly beneath Earth's surface?
300
Sedimenatry rocks are formed when loose materials become pressed or cemented together or when minerals form from solutions.
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
300
Foliated
What are metamorphic rocks that show layers of dark minerals alternating with light minerals?
300
Melting
What is one force that changes rocks that are under Earth's surface?
300
The continuous changing and remaking of rocks
What is the rock cycle?
400
Cooling and crystallization
What process changes magma into igneous rocks?
400
Cementation and compaction
What are processes that change sediments into sedimentary rocks?
400
Layers
What are foliated rocks distinguished by?
400
Each type of rock can form other rocks
What does the rock cycle indicate that each type of rock can do?
400
A mixture of minerals, organic matter, volcanic glass, or other materials formed by heat and pressure.
What is a rock always made out of?
500
Obsidien
What is volcanic glass?
500
Breccia
What is a rock with angular clasts found at the edge of mounains?
500
When magma comes in contact with existing rock and its thermal energy and gases interact with the surronding rock forming new metamorphic rock
What is Contact Metamorphisism?
500
1 Limestone to marble 2 Granite to Gneiss
What kind of rock is the metamorphic version of marble? What type of rock is the metamorphic version of granite?
500
Texture and composition
How are rocks classified?
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