Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Rock Cycle
Fun Facts
100
what 3 things are igneous rocks classified by?
What is origin, texture, and mineral compostion
100
How does sedimentary rock form?
What is particles of sediment deposited by water and wind
100
How does metamorphic rock form?
What is heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface and can change any rock into metamorphic rock.
100
the rock cycle began how many years ago
What is millons
100
what does the rock cycle explain
What is how the different types of rocks form
200
what is it called when igneous rock formed from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface?
What is Extrusive
200
what is deposition?
What is the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it
200
Great heat and pressure can change one type of rock into another what does granite become?
What is Gniess
200
what does the rock cycle do?
What is builds, destroys, changes rocks in the crust
200
pressure squeezes sediment together forming
What is sedimentary rocks
300
what can igneous rocks vary greatly in
What is texture
300
What is one of the most common rocks of sedimentary
What is shale
300
Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel layers or band are said to be what?
What is Foliated
300
dissolved calcite in the ocean water will do what
What is cement the particles together
300
what does heat and pressure do
What is forms igneous and sedimentary rock in metamorphic rock
400
what is called when igneous rock had magma harden beneath Earth's surface
What is Intrusive
400
what are the 3 major groups of sedimentary rock?
What is clastic, organic, chemical
400
How do geologist's classify a metamorphic rock
What is by the arrangement of the grains that make up the rock
400
The changes of the rock cycle are closely related to?
What is plate tectonics
400
The 3 types of rocks at Earth's mantle melt into what
What is magma
500
what is the most abundant intrusive rock?
What is Granite
500
What is a non-foiled rock?
What is rocks that have grains arranged randomly
500
Metamorphic rock can form out of?
What is igneous, sedimentary, or other metamorphic rock
500
over millions of years what will pile up on the ocean floor
What is sediment
500
magma that cools and hardens underground form what
What is intrusive igneous rock
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