Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rock
Rock Cycle
100
What kind of crystals will Igneous rock have if it cools underground?
Large crystals - because it cools slowly
100
This is what sedimentary rocks start off as.
What is sediment?
100
These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.
What are sedimentary, igneous, and most metamorphic rocks?
100
The three categories all rocks can be put into.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
200
Molten rock may be called _______
What is magma (underground) or lava (above ground)
200
The wearing away of rock and soil by wind, water or glaciers.
What is weathering?
200
These two things are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
What are heat and pressure?
200
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.
What is a igneous rock?
300
This type of rock forms when lava cools and hardens.
What is extrusive igneous rock?
300
Sandstone (sedimentary) must go through his to become Quartzite.
What is heat and pressure?
300
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering.
What is any type of rock?
400
This type of rock forms when Magma cools and hardens
What is intrusive igneous rock?
400
Give examples of sediment
Answers may vary :) Pebbles, small stones, broken rock fragments
400
What direction does the rock cycle go in?
Any direction - not one particular flow
500
What kind of crystals will Igneous rocks have if it cools above ground?
Small ones, because it cools quickly
500
This type of rock is formed from dead trees and plants
What is coal?
500
These are the two categories that metamorphic rocks can be put into.
What are foliated and nonfoliated?
500
This is how rocks on the surface get pushed into the Earth's core.
What is pressure?
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