Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Rock Examples
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An igneous rock forms when
What is magma cools
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What is a depositional environment?
What is the place or setting in which sediment is transported
100
What aids in the formation of metamorphic rock?
What is heat and pressure
100
granite is an example of what type of rock?
What is igneous
100
Loose fragments of rock, minerals, and organic material that result from natural processes is the definition of what
What is sediment
200
Vesicular rocks form when cooling magma contains pockets of gas. An example of a vesicular rock is
What is pumice
200
When sediment breaks and changes its size or shape while being transported this is called
What is angularity
200
Metamorphic rock is classified according to its ____________.
What is texture
200
halite (rock salt) is an example of what type of rock?
What is sedimentary rock.
200
What does chemical stability mean when talking about rock characteristics?
What is The tendency for a rock to maintain its original chemical composition rather than break down
300
Intrusive igneous rocks are characterized by a course-grained texture because they contain
What is large crystals
300
A clastic sedimentary rock that has rounded fragments ranging in size from 2 millimeters to boulders is called a ____________.
What is conglomerate
300
The splitting of slate into flat layers is called
What is foliated metamorphic rock
300
Schist is an example of what type of rock?
What is metamorphic rock
300
When different minerals in rock melt at different temperatures this is called what?
What is partial melting
400
Magma that solidifies underground forms rock masses that are known as
What is intrusions
400
One example of chemical sedimentary rock is
What is coal
400
gypsum is an example of which type of rock?
What is sedimentary
400
The layering of sedimentary rock is referred to as ___
What is stratification
500
Light colored igneous rocks are generally part of the
What is felsic family
500
Sedimentary rock formed from rock fragments is called
What is clastic
500
A change in texture, structure, or chemical composition of a rock due to contact with magma is the definition for
What is contact metamorphism
500
sediments are transported by? (4 possible answers!)
What is water, ice, wind, or gravity
500
Marble, schist, and gneiss are all examples of
What is metamorphic rock
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