Igneous Rocks
The molten material that igneous rocks come from, after it reaches the surface
What is lava?
The two types of sedimentary rock
What are clastic and non-clastic?
The two main forces behind forming metamorphic rocks
What are heat and pressure?
The "recycling" process that liquifies rocks
What is melting?
A naturally occurring solid made up of one or more minerals
What is a rock?
The faster cooling type of igneous rock
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
The type of erosion that includes dissolving
What is chemical erosion?
The parent rock of gneiss
What is granite?
The most common rock type on Earth
What are igneous rocks?
A geologist's favorite type of music
What is rock music?
These are larger in intrusive igneous rocks than extrusive
What are crystals?
A common sedimentary rock used in many classrooms for its erosional properties
What is chalk?
The name for the "stripes" on a metamorphic rock
What is foliation?
The two major processes that turn rocks into sedimentary rocks
What are erosion and deposition?
The shiny mineral that covers parts of some rocks in sheet-like layers
What is mica?
What are basalt and granite?
The strongest erosional agent on Earth
What is water?
The type of metamorphism that occurs near volcanoes and magma
What is contact metamorphism?
The type of rock that rocks cannot directly turn into
What is an igneous rock?
The special "rocks" that some marine animals can make
What are seashells?
The technical name of the lightweight igneous rock that forms during volcanic eruptions
What is pumice?
The molecular compound that limestone is made of
What is Calcium Carbonate?
The type of rock that shale becomes when it undergoes metamorphosis two times
What is schist?
The technical term for magma cooling and becoming a rock
What is crystallization?
The mineral compound that determines the viscosity of lava
What is silica?