Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks can be found in or around this type of landform.
What is a volcano?
These types of rocks can become metamorphic rocks.
What are sedimentary, igneous, and most metamorphic rocks?
These are the 3 categories of rock.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
A scientist who studies rocks is known as a __________.
What is a geologist?
Molten rock after it is expelled from a volcano is called this.
What is lava?
The transporting of sediment from one location to another.
What is erosion?
These processes are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
What are heat and pressure?
A sedimentary rock that is melted down and then crystalizes or cools inside a volcano is this type of rock.
What is an intrusive igneous rock?
When lava cools very quickly, the rock formed will be shiny and ___________.
What is glasslike?
Molten rock that is found inside a volcano is called this.
What is magma?
What process must sediment undergo in order to form sedimentary rock?
What is compaction and cementation?
Metamorphosis means to _____________.
What is change?
A rock must undergo this process in order to become sediment.
What is weathering?
Rocks are continually __________.
What is changing?
Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types.
What are intrusive and extrusive rocks?
Sedimentary rock is the only type in which you will find these, the ancient remains of plants and animals.
What are fossils?
Metamorphic rocks often have these characteristics.
What are ribbon-like layers and shiny crystals?
Sediment that undergoes compacting and cementing will become this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
This is the process that magma must go through in order to form igneous rock.
What is cooling?
This type of fossil fuel is a combustible sedimentary rock formed from ancient vegetation.
What is coal?
These are two examples of metamorphic rock.
What are gneiss and marble?
An igneous rock that undergoes heat & pressure will become this type of rock.
What is metamorphic rock?
The concept of the rock cycle is attributed to this man, the 18th-century founder of geology.
Who is James Hutton?