Rocks that are formed when molten magma or hot lava cools and hardens.
What are igneous rocks?
100
Quartz Monzonite is an intrusive igneous rock that we studied in this lab.
What is the Pluton Parade?
100
Molten rock under the crust of the Earth.
What is magma?
100
Rocks that are composed of pieces of sediment, plants, animals, or minerals that are compressed and hardened.
What are Sedimentary Rocks.
100
Surface deposit of slat that has collected in an enclosed basin. The trapped body of water evaporates over time and leaves behind a coating or layer of salt.
What is a Salt Flat?
200
Large blob of molten magma in the mantle of the Earth that rises toward the surface.
What is Pluton?
200
The oil used in the Pluton Parade lab represented this type of rock.
What is Pluton?
200
The movement or explosion of magma from inside the Earth on to the surface. Can be through a volcano, fissure or cindercone.
What is an eruption?
200
Sedimentary rocks that are produced when mineral-rich water evaporates leaving behind a thick, mineral rich deposit of rock. Typical examples
What are evaporative rocks?
200
A formerly swampy area where plant matter that died and collected over millions of years.
What is a Coal bed?
300
Molten rock that has erupted on to the surface of the Earth.
What is lava?
300
Pumice was studied during this lab.
What is the Volcanic Popcorn Rocks lab?
300
A large crack or opening in the ground that produces lava.
What is a fissure?
300
Sedimentary rocks are composed of formerly living things, compressed plants (Leaves) or animal (seashell) remains. Coal and coquina are good examples.
What are Organic rocks?
300
The process of breaking down existing rock into little pieces.
What is weathering?
400
An eruption of lava that produces a mountain or cone-shaped mound.
What is a volcano?
400
Acetic acid used in our Volcanic Eruptions lab is known by this household name.
What is Vinegar?
400
An eruption of lava that produces a large, expansive layer of lava either on the side of a volcano or from the opening of a fissure.
What is a flow?
400
The word means fragment or piece. These sedimentary rocks are composed of compressed sediments. Examples include mudstone, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate.
What are Clastic Rocks.
400
The movement of sediment caused by wind, water, ice or animals.
What is Erosion?
500
Rocks that are produced when hot magma cools just under the surface of the Earth and is then lifted or pushed on to the surface of the Earth after it is hard.
What are intrusive igneous rocks?
500
In our Volcanic Eruptions Lab, we used a chemical more commonly known as baking soda to cause an explosion.
What is sodium bicarbonate?
500
Rocks that are produces when hot lava erupts on to the surface of the Earth and cools and hardens quickly.
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
500
Particles of rock that have been eroded by wind, water or mechanical means.
What are sediment rocks?
500
The deposit (piling up) of sediment, plants, or animals into layers by wind, water or mechanical means into distinct layers.