Igneous
Give one example of an igneous rock.
What is basalt, granite, obsidian, scoria
Give an example of a sedimentary rock.
What is conglomerate, sandstone, limestone, shale
Give an example of a metamorphic rock.
What is marble, gneiss, slate, quartzite
What is weathering and erosion?
What is the breaking and tearing down of a material
magma that erupts on Earth's surface
What is lava
After magma cools and _______________ it forms an igneous rock.
What is crystallizes
What kinds of materials can you visibly see when looking at a sedimentary rock.
What is sand, gravel, pebbles, smaller rocks, fossils
Which igneous rock forms into the metamorphic rock GNEISS?
What is granite.
The ___________ is a series of changes that transform one rock into another rock.
What is rock cycle.
Size and fit of grains in a rock are known as
What is texture
What is an igneous rock formed from?
What is cooled lava and or magma
Explain the step that was completed to make a sedimentary rock during our crayon rock lab.
What is when we took small pieces of sediments and pressed the foil down together to combine the sediments together.
Metamorphic rocks can be melted into an igneous rock or undergo what other process?
What is uplift-weathering and erosion
Describe in your own words what UPLIFT means in the rock cycle.
What is bring a rock to the surface of the ground.
Banding in a metamorphic rock is known as
What is foliation
When metamorphic rock melts it turns into ______________.
What is MAGMA/Igneous Rock
Rocks become sediments by the processes of ________________________.
What is weathering and erosion
What is heat and pressure
All three types of rocks can always undergo or take how many different paths in the rock cycle?
What is TWO
Sedimentary rock made up of rounded rock fragments is known as
What is conglomerate rock
Describe what the igneous rock, scoria looks like.
What is dark, reddish color, rough texture with holes
Sedimentary rocks can form when small pieces of ___________ are __________________ together.
What is sediments and compacted/cemented
Metamorphic rocks are formed from ______________ rocks.
What is existing rock.
Sediments undergo ________________, compaction and cementation in order to form into a sedimentary rock.
What is deposition.
What sedimentary rock creates marble?
What is limestone.