Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these.
Volcano
This is what sedimentary rocks start off as.
Sediment
These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.
All of them
The three categories all rocks can be put into.
Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
This word means "resulting from or produced from fire."
Igneous
Liquid rocks or minerals may be called _______
Molten rock
The movement of sediment.
Erosion
These two things are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
Heat and pressure
A rock that was sediment, then went under pressure, then was melted down and crystalized or cooled inside a volcano is this type of rock.
Igneous rock
"Made from sediment" is the definition of what word?
Sedimentary
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely made from this type of molten rock.
Magma
The process of compaction and cementation is also known is this.
Lithification
Sandstone (sedimentary) must go through his to become Quartzite.
Heat and pressure
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering.
Any type of rock
Metamorphic rocks get their name also from the latin word morph, meaning this.
"Form" or "to change"
Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types.
Intrusive (basalt) and extrusive (granite)
What three types of sedimentary rocks are there?
Clastic, chemical and organic
This is why metamorphic rock is great for building.
It is durable and strong
This is formed when clay goes under a lot of heat and pressure.
Slate
Sedimentary rocks get there name from this, the substance they are made of.
Sediment
This type of igneous rock are made when magma comes out of the Earth.
Extrusive (basalt)
This type of rock is formed from dead trees and plants (also known as fossils) ?
Coal
These are the two categories that metamorphic rocks can be put into.
Foliated and non-foliated
This is how rocks on the surface get pushed into the Earth's core.
Pressure
Foliated metamorphic rocks get there name for the latin word folia meaning what?
Leaf