Igneous Rocks
This movement of weathered rocks by nature or natural forces is called this.
What is erosion?
This word means "to change from one form into another."
What is Morph?
What is cool and harden?
The process where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces is called this.
What is weathering?
Rock that is found inside a volcano that is molten rock, is usually called what?
What is magma?
The process after compaction is known as?
What is cementation.
Sandstone (sedimentary) must go through this to become Quartzite.
What is heat and pressure?
Three examples of ways rocks can be weathered.
What is wind, water, animals, plants, and humans?
This is the scientific term for roots that break apart rocks?
What is "root wedging?
Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types. T or F
T- intrusive (basalt) and extrusive (granite) rocks?
These are usually found in sedimentary rocks?
What are fossils?
What is morph?
These are three ways erosion can occur?
What are by humans, wind, water, and other natural forces?
This is the term for when ice breaks apart rocks.
What is "ice wedging?"
This type of black igneous rock is made when magma comes out of the Earth.
What is Basalt?
This type of rock is formed from dead trees and plants (also forms a dark/black line in the sedimentary rock).
What is coal?
These are the scientific three terms of weathering.
What is mechanical, chemical, biological?
This is the scientific name of the "sphere" that includes the crust, mantle, and core.
What is geosphere?