rocks
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Processes of the Rock Cycle
100
The three types of rock are what?
What is igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.
100
Sedimentary rocks are formed by what?
What is sediments.
100
What cools to form igneous rocks?
What is magma/lava.
100
What two forces turn rocks into metamorphic rocks.
What is heat and pressure.
100
The cycle that forms all the rocks is called what?
What is the rock cycle.
200
Is granite an igneous rock?
What is yes.
200
True or False: Sedimentary rocks are all types of colors.
What is True.
200
What is magma called when it is shot to the ground?
What is lava.
200
Can intense collisions and friction of the tectonic plates form metamorphic rocks?
What is yes.
200
The process that compacts and cements sediments is called what?
What is lithification.
300
Rocks are made of what?
What is minerals.
300
Sediments are ________ together to form Sedimentary rock?
What is compaction.
300
What is the process that magma goes through to form rocks?
What is cooling and crystallization.
300
What brings metamorphic rocks to the earth's surface?
What is uplift.
300
The process that moves rocks is called what?
What is erosion.
400
Is limestone a sedimentary rock or an igneous rock?
What is sedimentary rock.
400
Sediments are bound together by what materials?
What is clay/ different minerals.
400
True or False: Volcanoes bring magma to the surface.
What is true.
400
This rock is the only rock that can form marble when it undergoes heat and pressure.
What is limestone.
400
The process of sand and other rock particles that are carried by wind, water, or ice that wear down rocks is called what?
What is abrasion.
500
True or False: The Crust is mostly made of rocks.
What is false. The crust is made up of mostly oxygen.
500
True or False: Iron is found in Sedimentary rock.
What is True
500
What is a plutonic igneous rock?
What is an igneous rock that forms underground.
500
Metamorphic rocks that have parallel bands of grain are called what?
What is foliated metamorphic rocks.
500
What is the type of weathering that breaks rocks into pieces?
What is mechanical weathering.
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