Rock Cycle
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Vocabulary
100
The series of processes that changes one rock into another type of rock.
What is the rock cycle?
100
Igneous rocks that cool slowly beneath Earth's crust.
What is an intrusive rock?
100
Breccia
What is a type of sedimentary rock?
100
When rocks are exposed to extreme temperatures and pressure, such as plate bounderies, this rock is formed.
What is a metamorphic rock?
100
A natural, solid mixture of materials or grains.
What is a rock?
200
A tectonic process that forces rocks up from beneath Earth's surface.
What is uplift?
200
Lava that cools and crystallizes above Earth's surface.
What is an extrusive igneous rock?
200
The broken pieces of rock fragments found in sedimentary rocks.
What is a clast?
200
Metamorphic rocks that have distinct, parallel layers.
What is a foliated rock?
200
The fragments that make up a rock.
What are grains?
300
This rock was formed when loose materials became pressed or cemented together or when minerals form from solutions.
What is a sedimentary rock?
300
When lava cools quickly and forms an igneous rock.
What is the formation of volcanic glass?
300
Sedimentary rocks that were formed from the remains of once-living things.
What is a biochemical rock?
300
The formation of metamorphic rock bodies that are hundreds of square kilometers in size.
What is regional metamorphism?
300
Rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water and rocks erode.
What is sediment?
400
A process in which the weight from layers of sediment forces out fluids and decreases the space between grains.
What is compaction?
400
The arrangement and size of mineral crystals in an igneous rock.
What is the identification of an igneous rock?
400
A rock that was formed when minerals crystallize directly from water.
What is a chemical rock? (Ex: Calcite)
400
Foliated or non-foliated.
What is categories of metamorphic rocks?
400
When magma comes in contact with existing rock, and its thermal energy and gases interact with the surrounding rock, forming new metamorphic rocks.
What is contact metamorphism?
500
This process occurs when minerals dissolved in water crystallize between sediment grains.
What is cementation?
500
Gases separate from the molten mixture when magma moves towards the surface.
What is the formation of Pumas?
500
A rock with large, rounded clasts that were formed by fast moving rivers or streams.
What is a conglomerate rock?
500
Changes in temperature, pressure, or the addition of chemical fluid can result in the rearrangement of minerals or the formation of new minerals.
What is metamorphic rock identification?
500
The permanent change in shape by bending and folding
What is plastic deformation?
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