The Rock Cycle
Igneous Rock
Sed. Rock
Meta Rock
Al la Carte
100
The process in which water, wind, ice and heat break down rock is called __________________.
What is weathering (or erosion)
100
What do scientist call the rock that is formed when magam colls below the Earth's surface?
What is intrusive igneous rock?
100
Where are sedimentary rocks found?
Near the surface of the Earth
100
The result of large peices of rock deep within the Earth's crust colliding
What is regional metamorhism
100
Scientist classify rocks by __________ and ____________.
What is composition and teture
200
The chemical make-up of a rock is it's ____________.
What is composition?
200
What are the 3 ways igneous rocks form?
Heat Pressure Change in compostition
200
What are strata?
the layers in sedimentary rock
200
Metamorphic rock in which mineral grains are arranged in bands
What is foliated
200
Which process forms sediment? weathering cementation compaction deposition
Weathering
300
The process by which new rock forms from old rock is _______________.
What is the rock cycle?
300
Dark colored rocks that are rich in calcium, iron, and magnesium.
What is mafic igneous rock.
300
What kind of sedimentary rock is made from fossils?
organic
300
The process other than heat that causes metamorphism?
What is Pressure
300
Light colored igneous rock that are rich in aluminum, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
What is felsic?
400
During the rock cycle, what forms when magma cools?
What is igneous rock?
400
Rocks that have large crystals can also be classified as ___________________.
What is intrusive igneous rocks
400
What kind of sedimentary rock is made of fragments of rocks cemented together by a mineral?
Clastic
400
A change in the shape of rock caused by force
What is deformation
400
What has to increase for metamorphism to occur?
What is heat and pressure?
500
The process in which rocks change shape is called ____________.
What is deformation?
500
When magma cools quickly, what kind of texture does rock have?
Fine-grained
500
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
Compaction and Cementation
500
The process in which crytals in minerals chang in size or composition.
What is recrystallization
500
How did humans use rocks in the past? (name 2)
tools buildings
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