Igneous Rocks
These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.
What are sedimentary, igneous, and most metamorphic rocks AKA all rocks?
The three categories of all rocks are known as what?
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
Liquid rocks or minerals may be called _______
What is molten rock OR lava/magma?
The movement of sediment is known as.
What is erosion?
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely make from this type of MOLTEN ROCK.
What is magma?
The type of sedimentary rock that is made up of broken pieces of rocks and minerals are know as?
What is clastic?
Sandstone (sedimentary) must go through this to become Quartzite.
What is heat and pressure OR metamorphasis?
True or False: All rock types can become sediment by weathering and erosion.
What is true?
Metamorphic rocks get their name also from the latin word morph, meaning this.
What is "form" or "to change" or "evolve"?
What three types of sedimentary rocks are there?
What is clastic, chemical, and biochemical?
True or false: metamorphic rocks form at or near Earth's surface.
What is false?
This rock is formed when slate goes under a lot of heat and metamorphosis.
What is schist?
This type of igneous rock are made when magma comes out of the Earth and cools and crystallizes on Earths surface.
What is extrusive?
This type of rock is formed from dead trees and plants (also known as fossils) and when pressurized the right amount can form diamonds?
What is coal?
This is how rocks deep within Earth get pushed up to the surface.
What is uplift?
Foliated metamorphic rocks can show this process of bending and folding layers but not completely mixing?
What is plastic deformation?