Metamorphic Rocks
This metamorphic rock is found only in swamps
What is coal?
The physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces
What is Mechanical Weathering?
This makes up a rock
What is a Mineral?
The Universe was formed [Blank] years ago
What is 13.5 Billion Years Ago?
The production of sediments and solution from raw rock
What is weathering?
This is new mineral growth from the destruction of old minerals
What is Neocrystallization?
This can change the color of rocks found in environments
What is Oxygen Levels?
This kind of viscosity flows easier because of the higher heat
What is Low Viscosity?
When light is moving away fast enough
What is redshift?
Roots of trees work themselves through cracks in rocks
What is Root Wedging?
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What is high, low?
The bonding of iron minerals with oxygen minerals
What is Oxidation?
The two different classifications of Magma
What is Mafic and Felsic?
The perfect ratio of Hydrogen to Helium
What is 75% to 25%?
The term for when sediments stop moving
What is deposition?
This occurs when a large volume of fluid flows into or out of a rock.
What is metasomatism?
This is formed when sediment isn't removed by erosion, or by large amounts of sediments setting in one place
What is Soil?
This is the separation of crystals from liquid during crystallization
What is Fractional Crystallization?
When The [Blank] comes, we get water
What is The Hadean?
Salt precipitate out of water in rock cracks
What is Haloclasty?
The two forms of metamorphic conditions during The Appalachians Formation
What is Contact and Subduction?
This chemical sediment is produced by living things
What is Coral Reef?
Fragments that are smaller than 2.5 inches in length
What is Tuff?
Created by the interaction of oxygen with iron in the water and atmosphere
What is Banded Iron Formations?
Amount of worms per acre of soil in Alabama
What is 15,000?