What type of rock is this?
It is course grained and used to make countertops
Granite
no grain
mostly dark glassy texture
Obsidean
What rock is this?
We looked at it in class
sandstone
Name one type of chemical sedimentary rock
Answers may vary. Miss. L will say yes or no:)
What is one type of organic sedimentary rock?
chalk
coal
fossil
Coquina
do intrustive igneoius rocks cool fast or slow? Why?
They cool slow because it is hot magma inside
What type of rock floats and feels like foam?
Pumice
Can clastic sedimentary rocks be fine and coarse-grained?
yes
Chemical rock in the past used to make arrowheads
--common in Ohio
Flint
What are organic sedimentary rocks made of?
from the remains of once-living plants and animals
What type of grain size are intrusive igneous rocks?
course or medium grain size or crystals
What grain size do extrusive igneous rocks have? Why?
fine grain or no grain
How do clastic sedimentary rocks form?
They are formed when sediments are buried, compacted, and cemented together by calcite or quartz
How do chemical sedimentary rocks form?
from solutions of dissolved minerals!
What kind of rock is this and how did it form most likely?
Fossils formed from once-living marine animals that collected together at the ocean floor. These compacted and cemented together.
Where do intrusive igneous rocks form? be specific
in the magma chambers or cracks of vocanoes
Where do extrusive igneous rocks form? Be specific?
They form from erupting lava
What holds clastic rocks together?
calcite or quartz
Where do most chemical sedimentary rocks form?
where water or seawater evaporates
How is coal formed?
from plant material that is buried and changes into coal from increasing pressure and heat!