Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Vocabulary
Weathering
100
It is rock that has been formed by the cooling of molten rock.
What is igneous?
100
This word means something that settles.
What is sedimentary?
100
Heat and pressure make this rock.
What is metamorphic rock?
100
This word means change.
What is metamorphism?
100
The process in which water, ice, or wind causes change over a period of time.
What is weathering?
200
Latin word meaning fire.
What is igneous?
200
Rock particles and minerals, plant and animal remains.
What are sediments?
200
The original sedimentary or igneous rock.
What is a parent rock?
200
A set of natural processes that form, change, break down, and re-form rocks.
What is the rock cycle?
200
The carrying of earth materials away usually by water or wind.
What is erosion?
300
Land forms made from igneous rocks ~ a famous vacation spot?
What are the Hawaiian Islands?
300
Loose particles pressed or cemented together.
What is sedimentary rock formation?
300
It is the arrangement of minerals in flat or wavy parallel bands.
What is foliation?
300
Physical forces change earth materials over time such as plant growth, ice-wedging, abrasion, even the manipulation of land by man.
What is mechanical weathering.
400
Molten rock in the form of lava.
What is extrusive?
400
Remains or trace of an organism from long ago.
What are fossils?
400
Heat and pressure break the bonds that join atoms in minerals.
What is recrystallization?
400
Changes in the composition of earth material such as color change, rust and dissolving.
What is chemical weathering?
500
Molten rock in the form of magma within the earth.
What is intrusive?
500
Rock particles, plant & shells, and dissolved minerals reforming with water.
What are three ways sedimentary rocks are formed?
500
A common NON-FOLIATED rock used in buildings, floors and artwork.
What is marble?
500
A naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more types of minerals.
What is a rock?
500
A mixture made up of weather eroded rock and decomposed organic matter.
What is soil?
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