Sedimentary Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
True or False
Potpourri
100
Layers of loose materials.
What is "strata"?
100
Made from fire or heat.
What is "igneous"?
100
Changed.
Is what the word "metamorphic" means?
100
What are igneous rocks made from.
What is plants and animals?
100
Rivers, streams.
Sedimentary rock is formed by _______ and ________ carrying sediment to the seas and oceans.
200
Sedimentary rock made from volcanic dust and ashes.
What is "volcanic tuft"?
200
Magma.
What is molten rock called?
200
Hot, waxy, surface
Magma is a _________, ________ rock found below the Earth's __________.
200
Cracks in the rocks are called ______
What is fissures?
200
Sandstone.
What stone is made by tiny grains of sand sticking together and compressing?
300
Volcanic ash and volcanic dust.
What are 2 things that make "volcanic tuft"?
300
Extrusive and Instrusive.
What are the 2 groups of igneous rocks?
300
Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic.
___________ and ___________ rocks have been changed to make ___________ rocks.
300
A hot, waxy substance.
What is "magma"?
300
Extrusive.
If magma reaches the surface of the Earth, it becomes lava. The type of igneous rock that is formed is called ___________.
400
Limestone, sandstone, shale.
What are 3 types of sedimentary rock?
400
Granite/basalt.
What is 1 of the most common igneous rocks?
400
Sandstone.
Quartzite is made from tightly packed grains of __________.
400
A natural process.
What is "weathering"?
400
Sedimentary.
___________ rock was formed by sediment settling to the bottom of seas and oceans in layers.
500
Plants and animals.
What is what Limestone is made of?
500
When magma cools and hardens.
How igneous rocks are formed?
500
Appearance, mineral, changed.
Metamorphic rock is rock whose _________ and often _________ composition has been __________.
500
_______ rocks began once as igneous or sedimentary rocks.
What is metamorphic?
500
Metamorphic.
Quartzite, slate and marble are _______ rocks.
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