major rocks
three major groups of sedimentary rocks
coral reefs
heat and pressure
rock cycle
100
igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks
What is the three major types of rocks?
100
clastic rocks, organic rocks, and chemical rocks
What is three major sedimentary rocks
100
most__________are smaller than your finger nail
What is a coral animal
100
forms when existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions
What is metamorphic rock
100
is a series of processes on earths surfaceand in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another
What is the rock cycle
200
using color, texture, and, mineral composition, geologists can classify a rock according to its __________
What is origin
200
when minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize,________forms
What is a chemical rock
200
the type of rock is made up of ancient coral
What is limstone
200
heat and pressure can change any rock into a...
What is a metamorphic rock
200
what happens to sedimentary rocks when heat and pressure are applied?
What is metamorphic rock?
300
forms from the cooling of magma or lava
What is igneous rocks
300
forms where the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers
What is organic rocks
300
when coral animals die their skeletons...
What is the process in which coral grows
300
when shale is under extreme heat and pressure it turns into what type of rock
What is slate
300
It starts the rock cycle?
What is plate movements?
400
forms when an existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions
What is metamorphic rocks
400
is a sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragmaents are squeezed together
What is a clastic rock
400
it grows upward
What is when sea level rises above a coral reef
400
when granite is under extreme heat and pressure it is changed into what type of rock
What is gneiss
400
Builds, destroys, and changes rocks in the crust
What are the forces deep inside earth and at the surface, that produce a slow cycle?
500
forms when particles of other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
What is sedimentary rocks
500
rock fragments, or particles, of which they are made
What is clastic rocks that are grouped by the size of the...
500
40 meters
What is the meters in the water that coral can grow
500
sandstone under extreme heat and pressure is turned into what type of rock
What is quartzite
500
Granite particles that became sand
What is carried by streams to the ocean?
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