This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
Sedimentary rock made from bits of other rocks.
What is clastic?
Metamorphic rocks often form at the boundaries of ____ _____ due to immense pressure on the crust.
What are tectonic plates?
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
Classified by three major stages that include evaporation, condensation and precipitation.
What is water cycle?
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
The processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
Metamorphic rock typically used for countertops and flooring in homes?
What is granite or marble?
What is sediments?
What are the main elements in the Earth's core?
What is Iron, Cobalt and Nickel?
Igneous rocks are categorized as _________ or _________, depending on where the molten rock cooled.
What are extrusive and intrusive.
Layers in a sedimentary rock.
What are strata?
metamorphic rock with bands or layers
What is foliated?
The processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and eroding?
Which of these is NOT part of the Earth Cycle?
Rock Cycle,
Water cycle,
Food chain,
Moon Phases
What is moon phases?
__________ igneous rocks have larger crystals than the other kind of igneous rocks.
What is intrusive?
This type of sedimentary rocks form when dead plants and animal remains accumulate and then cemented together?
What is organic or biogenic sedimentary rock?
Limestone is the parent rock of this metamorphic rock.
What is marble?
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
This process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and releases oxygen, which helps regulate Earth's climate.
What is Photosynthesis?
Volcanic glass.
What is obsidian?
Type of sedimentary rock is from evaporated solutions
What is chemical?
This metamorphic rock WAS often used in black boards.
What is slate?
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?
What scientist studies the Earth?
Who is a Geologist?