Igneous Rocks
Igneous rock is formed when what cools?
What is magma
Sedimentary rock forms when what collects and hardens into new rock?
What is sediment
Metamorphic means to?
What is change
Any type of rock can become what kind or kinds of rock?
What is any kind
A mineral is naturally formed solid matter with what structure?
What is crystal
Liquid rock found inside the earth is called what?
What is magma
Sediment stacks up in layers that are ______________ together.
What is cemented
Metamorphic rock is formed by heat and what?
What is pressure
Buried rock is brought to the earth's surface by what?
What is uplift
A rock is a solid mixture of crystals of one or more what?
What are Minerals
Magma that is pushed to the earth's surface is called what?
What is lava
Sedimentary rock often forms at the bottom of _____________ as it is deposited by rivers and streams.
What is lakes or seas
Metamorphic rock can be formed only where on the Earth? Inside/outside/either
What is inside
Grains of rock are removed from their source by what?
What is erosion
The chemical makeup of a rock is called what?
What is composition
When magma cools slowly is forms __________ grained rocks.
What is coarse
Sediment is usually formed by ____________ and erosion.
What is weathering
Where does the pressure come from that causes metamorphic rock to form?
what is the weight of the rock above it
Water, wind, heat and ice break down rocks by what process?
What is weathering
What rock is 75% of earth's surface?
What are sedimentary rock.
Lava cools at a faster/slower/the same rate as magma?
What is faster
Sedimentary rocks that have the shape of once living things.
What are fossils
What do foliated metamorphic rocks have?
What is bands
Water, ice, and wind drop newly formed sediments by what process?
What is deposition
Crystals grow as melted rock does what?
What is cools