Metamorphic, Igneous, Sedimentary
Calcium Carbonate
Grand Canyon layers
Vocabulary
Plate Tectonics
100
Slate is black, flat and smooth. Which type of rock is it?
Metamorphic
100
What 2 rocks fizz with acid?
limestone and marble
100
What natural water source formed the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
100
What is it when water gets into rock cracks and freezes to break rock?
Frost Wedging
100
Who came up with the idea of drifting continents?
Alfred Wegener
200
Granite is which type of rock?
Igneous
200
What mineral fizzes when 
acid is reacting with it?
calcite
200
Look at the Grand Canyon cross section, which layer eroded first?
Kaibab limestone
200
What is the term for rock sediment being taken away and carried to another place?
Erosion
200
What is the ring of fire?
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur here around the Pacific Ocean rim.
300
Marble is white with crystals. What type of rock is it?
Metamorphic
300
What animal parts sink to 
the bottom of the ocean that turn into 
limestone?
bones and shells
300
Look at the layers in the picture. Which layer will the river erode next?
Muav Limestone
300
A chart showing how rocks change from one into another type.
Rock Cycle
300
Which plate boundary makes mountains?
convergent boundary
400
Melting and Cooling make this rock type.
Igneous rocks
400
The type of gas that 
animals breathe out to 
form this category
carbon dioxide
400
Look at the cross section. What rock layer is next younger than Redwall Limestone?
Supai Group
400
This term forms from animals that lived a short time in many places and is used to tell the age of rock layers.
Index fossil
400
Which plate boundary creates mountain chains on the ocean floor?
Divergent boundaries
500
Weathering and Erosion form this type of rock.
Sedimentary Rock
500
This type of calcium carbonate has been found in classrooms.
chalk
500
According to this cross section, which rock layer is the oldest?
Tapeats Sandstone
500
Tilted or slanted rock layers
Crossbedding
500
What is the landmass called that was thought to have all of the continents together?
Pangea
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