Examples
What is an example of a sedimentary rock?
Possible answers:
shale, limestone, conglomerate
What is dependent on how quickly a rock's crystal cools?
size
What does sedimentary rock often contain?
Fossils
What is subjected to very high heat and pressure to create metamorphic rock?
existing rock
What is an example of a metamorphic rock?
gneiss, marble, schist
What occurs in order for igneous rock to turn into sedimentary rock?
weathering, erosion, and/or deposition
What kind of periods of time does it take for sediments to layer?
long
What must occur in order for metamorphic rock to become igneous rock?
melting
What is an example of an igneous rock?
Possible answers:
pumice, obsidian, granite
True or False: Igneous rock is created from the cooling and liquification of magma or lava.
False: cooling and solidification
What is the settling out of sediment?
Deposition
True or False: Metamorphic rock is usually created above ground.
False: underground
Which of the igneous rocks is used for skin exfoliation?
Pumice
Arrowheads are created using which kind of igneous rock?
Obsidian
What is the process by which sediment is squeezed and glued together into a new rock?
Compaction and cementation
Weathering, erosion, and deposition must occur in order for metamorphic rock to change into what kind of rock?
Sedimentary rock
Which sedimentary rock metamorphizes into marble?
limestone
What needs to be near for igneous rock to be evident?
a volcano
Where are layers of sedimentary rock easily observed? Give two examples
Possible answers:
canyons, lake beds, ocean, desert, cave,
Which part of the word metamorphic means "to change"?
morph