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Sedimentary rocks
Igneous rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Rocks
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Where are extrusive igneous rocks formed? What are they formed from?
Outside of earths surface from cooled and hardened lava.
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Weathered and eroded rock is called?
sediment
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What are igneous rocks formed near or in?
Volcanoes
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how does an igneous or sedimentary rock become metamorphic?
By heat and pressure
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Solid made up of one or more minerals.
What is a rock?
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how does an igneous rock become another igneous rock?
By melting into magma, then cooling and hardening.
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Rock formed from sand, mud and other eroded materials.
What is a sedimentary rock?
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What is molten (melted) rock called?
magma
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What is the existing rock that is later turned into metamorphic called?
The parent rock
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What type of rock are obsidian and basalt?
Igneous
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If an igneous rock is intrusive, what will it have? why?
large crystals because it takes longer to cool.
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How does an igneous or metamorphic rock become sedimentary?
Sedimentary rock is formed when pieces of earth or rock are weathered, eroded into sediment, deposited in layers, compacted and cemented.
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What is molten rock that is on earth's surface?
lava
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What defining feature do metamorphic rocks have?
Stripes, or lines
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What type of rock are limestone, sandstone and shale?
Sedimentary rock
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Where are most sedimentary rocks found?
Near water sources
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what happens to sediment?
It gets compacted and cemented
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What are the two types of igneous rocks?
extrusive and intrusive
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What is the parent rock to slate?
Shale
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What type of rock are gneiss, marble and slate?
Metamorphic rock
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A rock is formed underground from heat and pressure, what kind of rock is it?
Metamorphic
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What do some sedimentary rocks have that helps us to learn about the past?
Fossils
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What determines if an igneous rock will have large crystals, small crystals or no crystals at all?
The temperature and time it takes to cool.
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Where are metamorphic rocks formed?
Deep underground
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Where would you find obsidian?
Near a volcano.
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