It's Igneous
This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
tiny pieces of rock, sand, shells, etc. is called what
What is sediment?
metamorphic rocks can be made from ____________, _______________, or _______________________ rocks.
What is sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous.
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
What is sedimentary rocks.
How many categories of rocks are there?
3
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
The 2 processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
Why would you sometimes see wavy lines on a metamorphic rock?
Due to the heat and pressure needed to make a metamorphic rock
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
Name the 3 different types of rocks
Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
How are igneous rocks formed?
When magma and/or lava cool.
How do sediments form?
Weathering and erosion
What is one of the two things needed to make a metamorphic rock?
Heat or pressure
The processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and erosion?
What is subduction? What happens to rock material that gets subducted?
When something gets pulled under into the mantle; it melts
What "key" features do we look for in an igneous rock?
Darker colors, glassy, spots
Where do sedimentary rocks typically form? Near what natural feature?
What is water?
What is one of the two things needed to make a metamorphic rock?
Heat or pressure
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
The study of rocks, their history and the processes that form and change them is called?
What is geology?
What must happen first before an igneous rock can form?
melting, cooling
What are some "key" things to look for when trying to identify a sedimentary rock?
Striping, sandy, shells/fossils
True or false: sediment can turn into a metamorphic rock.
False, there needs to be an actual rock before it can be turned into a metamorphic rock
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?
The theory that all rocks are just broken down and made into new rocks over and over is known as what cycle?
What is the rock cycle?