Types of rocks
vocabulary
rock cycle
vocabulary 2
Rock Cycle
100
Define sedimentary rocks.
Sedimentary rock forms when sediments are pressed and cemented together.
100
A model to shows how rocks change slowly change through time. 
What is the rock model?
100
Sediments are pressed and compacted into
What is sedimentary rock?
100
True or false: Limestone is a sedimentary rock because you can find fossils in it. 
What is true?
100
Sedimentary rock can undergo a lot of heat and pressure to turn into 
What is igneous?
200
Define metamorphic rock 
What is rocks that have changed because of changes in temperature and pressure. 
200
Occurs when minerals are deposited between pieces of sediment. 
What is cementation?
200
Igneous rock can undergo high heat and pressure which turns into 
What is metamorphic rock?
200
Rocks that are formed as lava cools on the surface of Earth. 
What is extrusive?
200
During metamorphism of granite into gneiss, what happens to minerals.
What is undergo heat and pressure?
300
Define igneous rock.
What is when hot magma cools or hardens?
300
Pressure from upper layers pushes down on lower layers. 
What is compaction?
300
Metamorphic rock can undergo weathering and erosion to turn into
What is sediments?
300
Rocks that form from magma below the surface.
What is intrusive?
300
A rock can go from sediments to metamorphic by which processes. 
What is sediments compacted/cementation to make sedimentary then it undergoes heat and pressure to from metamorphic rock. 
400
Define sediments
What are loose materials such as tock fragments, mineral grains, etc. that have been moved by wind, water, ice, or gravity. 
400
Hot molten rock found below Earth's surface.
What is magma?
400
Metamorphic is melted down into
magma
400
Rocks that have grains but do not form layers.
What is non-foliated?
400
This scientist/geologist realized that rocks undergo change in Siccar Point Scotland. 
Who is James Hutton?
500
Define rocks
What is a mixture of minerals, rock fragments, minerals, organic matter, etc.?
500
Hot molten rock found on Earth's surface. 
What is lava?
500
Magma cools into 
What is igneous rock?
500
Rocks with parallel layers
What is foliated?
500
Explain where the rock cycle begins and ends. 
What is there is no beginning or ending?
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