Rock Textures And Molecules
Rock whose crystals interlock with one another
Crystalline Rocks
Not made from the remains of living things
Inorganic
A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface
Igneous rock
A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
Sedimentary Rock
A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions
Metamorphic Rock
Denoting rocks composed of broken pieces of other rocks
Clastic
A naturally occurring solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition and is inorganic
A mineral
A rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of lava at Earth's surface.
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Inorganic rock made up of fragments of other rocks cemented together
Clastic Sedimentary Rock
A kind of metamorphic rock in which heat and pressure arrange the minerals in the rock into layers
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
Forms, when magma cools very quickly without the growth of mineral grains
Glassy Rocks
A mixture of minerals usually cemented together
Rocks
A rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma below the Earth's surface
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Made up of the remains of living things
Nonclastic Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic rock that does not exhibit a banded or layered appearance
Nonfoliated Metamorphic Rock
The smallest part of a substance that has all the properties of said substance
Molecule
Forms, when minerals dissolved in a water solution, crystallize
Chemical Rock
If lava cools almost instantly, that rocks that form are _____ with no individual _____
Glassy with no individual crystals
The process of settling or being deposited as a sediment
Sedimentation
To form a Metamorphic rock, the conditions are ____, ____, and/or ______
High Heat, High Pressure, and/or Hot Mineral-Rich Fluid
A simple substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means. Can be liquid, solid, or gas
Elements
Processes that explain the relationships between the three rock types; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Any rock type can become another
Rock Cycle
A term used to describe intrusive igneous rock
Plutonic
Particulate matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land or bottom of a body of water, and may in time become consolidated into rock
Sediments
The conditions to make a Metamorphic Rocks are often found _____ and ____
Deep in Earth's crust or at plate boundries