Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Cycle
Identification
100
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely made from this type of molten rock
What is magma?
100
The process during which rocks are broken up into smaller particles by the action of water, the atmosphere, and organisms.
What is Weathering ?
100
These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.
What are sedimentary and igneous rock?
100
Name the three categories that all rocks can be put into.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
100
A fine-grained igneous rock that is usually black in color
What is Basalt?
200
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these.
What is a volcano?
200
Small pieces of rocks, shells, or the remains of plants and animals that have been carried along and deposited by wind, water, or ice.
What is Sediments?
200
These two processes are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
What are heat and pressure?
200
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
What is rock cycle?
200
Greek word for Fire.
What is Igneous?
300
Lava cools quickly and forms rock with small crystals.
What is Extrusive igneous rocks
300
_________ are very common Sedimentary rocks.
What is Sandstones?
300
Gneiss, slate, marble, schist, and quartzite.
What is metamorphic rock?
300
This is the process that igneous rock undergo after volcanic eruption.
What is cooling and hardening?
300
Light,coarse and soft metamorphic rock
What is Marble?
400
slowly cools and forms as large crystals in deep under the earth's surface.
What is Intrusive igneous rock?
400
A sedimentary rock that is made from once living things.
What is an organic rock?
400
The layering within metamorphic rocks is called _______
What is Foliation
400
This breaking down of rock into smaller pieces due to wind, water and pressure.
What is weathering?
400
Black, burns with tarry smoke sedimentary rock.
What is Coal?
500
______ is the most common type of igneous rock
What is basalt?
500
Some sediments are glued together by minerals dissolved in water.
What is cementing?
500
Heat and pressure, wind, water and temperature are the factors that affect what?
What is metamorphism?
500
This is how rocks on the surface get pushed into the Earth's core.
What is pressure?
500
The science and study of the solid Earth and the processes by which it is shaped and changed.
What is Geology?
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