Igneous Rocks
Minerals
Metamorphic rock
Structure of the Earth
Vocabulary
100
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these.
What is a volcano?
100
This is what sedimentary rocks start off as.
What is sediment?
100

These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.

All rocks

100

What is the layer we stand on?

The crust

100
This word means "resulting from or produced from fire."
What is Igneous?
200
Liquid rocks or minerals may be called _______
What is molten rock?
200
The movement of sediment.
What is erosion?
200
These two things are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
What are heat and pressure?
200

What is the layer beneath the crust?

The mantle

200

What does geology mean?

The study of rocks

300
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely make from this type of molten rock.
What is magma?
300
The process of compaction and cementation is also known is this.
What is lithification?
300

Regional metamorphism is caused by...

Tectonic plates

300

What is the central layer of the Earth?

The core

300
Metamorphic rocks get their name also from the latin word morph, meaning this.
What is "form" or "to change"?
400
Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types.
What are intrusive (basalt) and extrusive (granite) rocks?
400
What two types of sedimentary rocks are there?
What is limestone and chalk?
400

Contact metamorphism is caused by...

The leaking of magma morphing rocks

400

Describe the density of the mantle (is it a liquid? is it a solid?)

It is a liquid layer of magma

400

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500
This type of igneous rock are made when magma comes out of the Earth.
What is Basalt?
500
This type of rock is formed from dead trees and plants (also known as fossils) ?
What is coal?
500
These are the two categories that metamorphic rocks can be put into.
What are foliated and nonfoliated?
500

What is the core composed of?

Iron and nickel

500

What does hypothesis mean?

An educated scientific guess?

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