What is a naturally occurring crystal materials with a unique combination of chemicals
100
How do sedimentary rocks form?
What is compressing of rock fragments, minerals and fossils by overlying sediments
100
Three types of common metamorphic rock
What is slate, marble and schist
100
How Igneous Rocks are formed
What is petrification of magma
100
Plate tectonics provide a link between what types of geological substances?
What is soil, minerals and rocks
200
Some mineral characteristics are
What is color, density, shape, hardness
200
What are three common sedimentary rock types?
What is limestone, shale and sandstone
200
Metamorphic rocks form where?
What is below Earth's surface
200
Two common types of igneous rock.
What is basalt and granite
200
What are the three rock types and can they all transform into each other?
What is sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous and yes, according to the rock cycle which clearly shows all three rock types transforming into each other in various ways
300
Approximately how many minerals have been identified?
What is 3,000
300
Where do sedimentary rocks form?
What is close to Earth's surface
300
What are some types of rocks that can morph into metamorphic rocks?
What is igneous and sedimentary
300
Granite forms how far under Earth's surface?
What is seven kilometers
300
What kind of rock does it cause when a plate slides above another plate in a subduction zone?
What is igneous rocks
400
How many minerals make up 95% of Earth's surface?
What is 10-15 different types of minerals
400
Do sedimentary rocks form at low or high temperatures?
What is low temperatures
400
What changes about rocks when they change into metamorphic rocks?
What is original mineral composition, grain size and shape
400
Basalt forms far or near to Earths surface?
What is close to the surface
400
What happens when two tectonic plates collide?
What is morphing of the rock types
500
What are some common minerals?
What is mica, feldspar, quartz, garnet, clay, calcite, dolomite, pyroxenes and amphiboles
500
Sedimentary rocks can also form by chemical precipitation of what?
What is minerals being dissolved by water
500
Metamorphic rocks change because
What is moderately high temperatures and high pressure
500
Basalt and granite differ in what?
What is mineral composition and mineral grain size
500
What can you learn from the identity of a rock or mineral?
What is the type of environment a rock is formed in and geological history and how it was affected by tectonic plates