Rocks 1
This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
Tiny pieces of rock, sand, shells, etc. are called what
What is sediment?
Name one criteria a substance must have to be considered a mineral
Bonus: Name 2
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
What is sedimentary rocks.
What is weathering?
What is weathering?
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces or sediments
This is molten rock found above the Earth's surface.
What is lava?
Chalk and coal are what type of rock?
Organic Sedimentary
What is the term for breakage that happens in predictable patterns with straight edges that look like they may have been cut.
Cleavage
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and erosion they become_________________
What are sediments?
Which type of rock is formed deep underground through heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
What is erosion?
The movement of rock sediments from one place to another.
Melted rock that cools quickly results in igneous rocks with what?
Gas bubbles and smaller/no crystals
Bonus: What are these types of rocks called?
What is the process where minerals act like glue and hold sediments together to form sedimentary rocks?
cementation
Why isn't color a reliable way to identify minerals?
Some minerals come in multiple colors and different minerals can have the same color.
The process that turns metamorphic rocks into sediments
What is weathering?
Which process will turn any rock into magma?
Melting
What term means "is or was alive" or "is from something that is or was alive"?
Organic
When magma does this it forms granite with large crystals
Cools slowly
Bonus: What are these types of rocks called?
No
Bonus: Why not?
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
Is granite an intrusive or extrusive igneous rock?
Bonus: How do you know this?
What kind of sedimentary rock is made up of organisms that were once living?
Organic Sedimentary
Bonus: Give an example of an organic sedimentary rock
What are igneous rocks that form under the surface of the Earth called?
Intrusive Igneous Rocks
BONUS:
How are these different than extrusive igneous rocks?
Why are fossils only found in sedimentary rocks?
The heat needed to form the other two types would destroy organic material.
Name the 5 criteria a substance must have to be considered a mineral.
1. Solid
2. Naturally Occurring
3. Inorganic
4. Specific Crystallized Structure
5. Specific Chemical Formula
When metamorphic and igneous rocks melt they turn into__________
What is magma?
What natural factors can cause the weathering and erosion of rocks?
Bonus: What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Agates are what type of rock?
Metamorphic