Rock Types
Formed from other existing rock
What is Sedimentary Rock?
3 Categories of Rock
What is Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic rock?
What is something that can cause weathering
Rain, wind, hail, etc.
Shiny objects that appear in a rock when cooling magma
Crystals
Process by which magma/lava melts and cools
What is igneous rock formation?
Produced through lava that exits and cools on earth's surface?
What is Extrusive Igneous Rock?
Heating Metamorphic Rock turns into what next.
Magma
Igneous Rock
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering
What is any type of rock?
Sediments that are fused together by a liquid and wind
What is cementation?
Shells and skeletal remains of organisms inside a rock
Fossil
Formed on or near the earth's surface from the compression of ocean sediments
What is sedimentary rocks?
Intrusive igneous rocks with high heat create what?
Large crystals
Tiny pieces of rock and dust are called?
Sediments
Building blocks of rocks
What is minerals?
What igneous rock has more crystals
Intrusive
Limestone
What is sedimentary rock?
What is the Rock Cycle endpoint
What is never?
Natural forces that occur through wind, ice and water
What is erosion?
This type of metamorphic rock has no pattern
non-foliated
Rocks are subject to high heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rocks?
How can a sedimentary rock turn into an igneous rock?
By melting into magma and forming thru a volcanic eruption
What says any type of rock can become any type of rock
What is the Rock Cycle?
Breaking down or dissolving of rocks in minerals on Earth's surface
What is weathering?
This type of metamorphic rock has a pattern
foliated
This type of rock has layers. The oldest layers are on the bottom rather than the top
Sedimentary