Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rock
Rock Cycle
Earth's Layers
100
Extrusive igneous rocks are formed when these erupt?
What is a volcano?
100
Sedimentary rock is formed from this.
What is sediment?
100
These are the three types of rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.
What are sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks?
100
The three categories all rocks can be put into.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
100
This is the outermost layer of the earth.
What is the crust?
200
Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth
What is magma?
200
Sediment is formed by these processes
What are weathering and erosion?
200
These two things are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
What are heat and pressure?
200
This is magma that reaches the earth's surface.
What is lava?
200
This is the thickest layer of the earth.
What is the mantle?
300
Molten rock that hardens within the earth forms this type of igneous rock
What is intrusive?
300
This is the final step in the formation of sedimentary rocks.
What is compaction and cementation?
300
This type of metamorphic rock has banded layers (stripes).
What is foliated?
300
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering.
What is any type of rock?
300
This liquid layer is believed to create the earth's magnetic field.
What is the outer core?
400
Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types.
What are intrusive and extrusive rocks?
400
A sedimentary rock that is made from once living things.
What is limestone?
400
This type of metamorphic rock does not have banding (stripes).
What is non-foliated?
400
The energy that drives the rocks cycle on earth comes from these two sources
What are the sun and the earth's interior?
400
This solid layer is made up of mostly iron and nickel.
What is the inner core?
500
It is the most common extrusive rock and it makes up most of the ocean's floor.
What is Basalt?
500
Sedimentary rocks are divided into these two groups.
What are clastic and non-clastic?
500
Limestone can change into this metamorphic rock.
What is marble?
500
A rock that was melted down and then crystallized inside a volcano is this type of rock.
What is an igneous rock?
500
The lithosphere floats on this.
What is the asthenosphere?
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