Vocabulary
Rock Cycle
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
100
This process is the movement of rock fragments from one place to another.
What is erosion?
100
Rocks are made of these materials.
What are minerals?
100
This is where most igneous rocks come from.
What is a volcano?
100
Metamorphic rocks are formed by these two forces.
What is heat and pressure?
100
Sedimentary rocks are formed by this.
What are sediments that have settled and compacted into layers?
200
These solid materials are formed in nature. They have a specific crystal structure.
What are minerals?
200
The process of making igneous rocks into sediments.
What is weathering and/or erosion?
200
Igneous rocks are formed by this substance that comes from a volcano and cools.
What is magma?
200
These three metamorphic rocks are commonly found in Utah.
What is marble, gneiss, and schist?
200
These three rocks are common types of sedimentary rocks in Utah.
What are sandstone, conglomerate, and shale rocks?
300
This is the process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces called sediments.
What is weathering?
300
The process of changing a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock.
What is heat and pressure?
300
These three igneous rocks are common in Utah.
What is granite, obsidian, and basalt?
300
Another name used for crystals that have great value.
What are gems?
300
Sedimentary rocks often have these types of animal or plant remains.
What are fossils?
400
This is the process of breaking rocks apart with water.
What is freezing or weathering?
400
The process of taking sediment and turning it into sedimentary.
What is compaction and / or cementation?
400
This igneous rock was used by native Americans to make spears and arrow heads.
What is obsidian?
400
Marble starts out as this type of rock.
What is limestone?
400
This is how shale is made.
What is cementing of clay in layers?
500
This is used for classification of minerals by seeing what minerals can scratch eachother. A diamond can only scratch a diamond.
What is hardness?
500
This process changes a metamorphic rock into a igneous rock.
What is melting and/or solidifying?
500
This rock often has air holes and doesn't float. It is brownish and has iron in it. It also may be used as decoration in someone's yard.
What is basalt?
500
This rock is used in buildings and carving statues
What is marble?
500
This is where sedimentary rocks are made.
What is the bottom of a river bed, or fresh water lakes?
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