The rock cycle
Sediments in the rock cycle are formed from
What is weathering and erosion
A metamorphic rock is formed by
What is heat, pressure, or heat AND pressure
Fast cooling lava creates
What is SMALL CRYSTALS
small particles of rocks or remains of living things
What is sediments
Luster is
What is the way light reflects from a minerals surface
igneous rock forms into metamorphic
Example of metamorphic rock
What is Gneiss
When all grains in a rock are large and easy to see the rock is...
What is coarse grained
Layer upon layer of sediments are pressed together
What is compaction
Carbon dioxide enters plants through the...
What is Diamond
What is weather and erosion that creates sediments then deposition, compaction, and cementation creates sedimentary rock
Foliated means
What is lines through the rock
An igneous rock formed by LAVA is an...
What is extrusive rock!
The process in which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it
What is deposition
Copper is a
What is a pure element
Is there more than one pathway to create a new rock?
What is YES, there are multiple ways to form a rock starting at one rock.
rocks that are _______ are used for building
what is foliated
An igneous rock used for building
What is granite
A sedimentary rock made up of rock fragments with rounded edges is...
What is conglomerate
Moh's Hardness scale
What is a scale that represents 10 different minerals with the least hard ranging to the most hard.
Diamond can scratch any mineral because it is the hardest mineral.
Talc can get scratched by any rock because it has a hardness scale of 1
Sedimentary rock forms into igneous rock by
what is melting into magma or lava then slow or fast cooling to create igneous
Why does metamorphic rock rarely happen at the Earth's surface
What is Metamorphic rocks needs TREMENDOUS HEAT AND PRESSURE! Those conditions are not present at Earth's surface
An igneous rock that has large crystals surrounded by smaller crystals
What is prophyry
A sedimentary rock that is used for cement
what is LIMESTONE
Halite mineral is formed by
What is evaporation