Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Igneous Rocks
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Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things that make up sedimentary rocks?
What is sediment?
100
The two things that cause a metamorphic rock to form. H and P
What is heat and pressure.
100
Igneous rock formed "IN" the earth.
What is intrusive igneous rock?
100
melted rock is called
What is magma?
200
Destructive forces that break up and wear away rocks.
What is erosion?
200
Term used to describe bands or layers in metamorphic rock.
What is foliated?
200
Igneous rock formed OUTside of the earth.
What is extrusive igneous rock?
200
Heat and pressure form these.
What is metamorphic rock?
300
Process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it.
What is deposition?
300
Where metamorphic rocks are formed: near volcanoes, below the earth's surface, or above the earth's surface?
What is below the earth's surface?
300
Melted rock that forms igneous rocks.
What is magma?
300
Weathering and erosion form this.
What is sediment?
400
Process that presses sediments together.
What is compaction?
400
Type of metamorphic rock that has its grains arranged in parallel layers.
What is foliated rock?
400
The type of rock formed by lava.
What is igneous rock?
400
The process by which rocks can change from one form to another.
What is the rock cycle?
500
Process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together.
What is cementation?
500
"meta" from Metamorphic means...
What is "change?"
500
Igneous comes from the word "ignis" which means...
What is fire?
500
The best color ever!
What is blue?
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