Igneous Rock
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.
What is the force of gravity on an object?
Weight
What can change a scientific theory?
New evidence supported by many scientists
When magma cools inside of the Earth it's called _____________ igneous rock
Intrusive
This type of sedimentary rocks form when dead plants from millions of years ago mineralizes. We use it to heat homes
What is coal or organic sedimentary rock?
Where does a metamorphic rock form?
Under the surface of the Earth
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
The metric system is based on the number
10
The study of rocks, their history and the processes that form and change them.
What is geology?
True or false: Sedimentary rock cannot turn into igneous rock
false
What is the difference between weathering, erosion and deposition?
what is, weathering breaks rock down, erosion carries it away and deposition drops the sediment off?
How can I get a metamorphic rock from a sedimentary rock?
Heat and Pressure
The processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and eroding?
Fossils are found in which rock
Sedimentary
Name a metamorphic rock
What is marble, etc.....
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
The final 2 processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
What are the processes that form sedimentary rock from sediment?
Compaction and Cementation
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
the inner core of the earth is made of which elements
iron and nickel
Which process breaks down rock into sediment?
Weathering and erosion
Name two Igneous Rocks.
What are Basalt and Granite
Name 2 sedimentary rocks
Limestone, sandstone etc...
Name two sedimentary rocks
What is limestone, sandstone, coal ....other correct answers exist
What is the main way we classify rocks
What is "by how they are formed"
What's the formula for Density?
Mass divided by volume
What is the process in the mantle that causes hot rock to rise, and cool rock to sink?
What is convection