Igneous Rock
What is magma?
The liquid that is inside the volcano and is made of melted minerals
What is a sedimentary rock?
are made when sand, mud and pebbles get compressed in layers
It is a sedimentary or igenous rock that has gone under extreme heat and pressure to create a new rock
What rock is obsidian?
igneous extrusive
What is the rock cycle?
used to describe how rocks are formed, how they break apart, and how they reform into other rocks
What is lava?
Magma that has reached the surface and overflows outside the volcano
What is weathering?
rocks being broken down by plants, gravity, heat, wind, water, ice and acid
What is regional metamorphism?
What rock is marble?
Metamorphic
What percentage of the Earths crust is made up of igneous rock?
95%
What does the latin word "ignis"? mean?
Fire
What is erosion?
the movement and transportation of these pieces of sediment
What is contact metamorphism?
extreme heat such as inside a volcano
What rock is sandstone?
Sedimentary
What are the calcite caves called in Campbell River?
Horne Lake Caves
What is an extrusive igneous rock?
the rapid cooling and solidifying of lava on the Earth's surface creating rock with crystals that are fine grained
What is deposition?
The dropping of the sediments?
What type of rock is marble made out of?
sedimentary-limestone
What rock is pumice?
Igenous
List 3 things that Limestone is used for
cement, chalk and fertilizer
What is an intrusive igneous rock?
rapid cooling and solidifying of magma inside the volcano creating rocks with large crsytals
What are the last 2 steps of creating a sedimentary rock?
compaction and cementation
Describe a foliated metamorphic rock?
rock hardened by heat or pressure that has visible lines in it-stiped or banded appearance
What rock is diorite?
intrusive igneous rock
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How are diamonds formed?
formed in the neck of volcanoes when CARBON crystalizes under terrific heat and pressure