Rock Types
Rock Cycle
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Vocab
100
How is igneous rock formed?
Hardened lava/magma
100
How does igneous rock transform into metamorphic rock?
Heat/pressure
100
What type of rock is this?
Obsidian
100
Tiny pieces of rock
Sedmients
200
Which type of rock is made from layers of sediment that are compacted and cemented together?
Sedimentary rock
200
What happens when metamorphic rock melts and then cools?
It becomes magma then igneous rock
200
What type of rock is this?
Chalk
200
Break down of rock
Erosion
300
How is metamorphic rock formed?
Heat and/or pressure
300
What types of rock can form sediments?
All 3! Sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous
300
Which fossil is the oldest.
Trilobite
300
Hot liquid rock under the Earth’s crust.
Magma
400
What are the 3 types of rock?
Sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous
400
What 2 types of rock can form magma when melted?
Metamorphic and Igneous.
400
What type of rock is this?
Granite
400
When rock rises to the surface.
Uplift
500
What type of rock forms when igneous rock is heated and pressurized?
Metamorphic
500
What is compaction?
Layers of sediment being pressed together over time
500
What is the name of a famous ancient circular rock monument in England?
Stonehenge
500
When rock gets taken into the Earth.
Subduction