Vocab
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
The Rock Cycle
100
Magma that reaches earths surface is___________.
What is lava
100
Extrusive igneous rocks form form- a. iron b. lava c. mountains d. earthquakes
What is a. lava
100
What is low-grade metamorphism?
What is pressure and heat less intense.
100
What is weathering?
What is the process of breaking down rocks in to smaller pieces.
100
What is the rock cycle?
What is the process which rocks are formed from one and other
200
The process that builds up sediment over millions of years is________.
What is sedimentation
200
What is an igneous rock?
What is it forms when magma is pushed up from the mantle into cool crust and hardens into rock
200
Where do metamorphic rocks form?
What is under Earth's crust.
200
What is erosion?
What is the movement of sediment to a new location.
200
Do sedimentary rocks change into igneous rocks True or False
What is true
300
_________ is the dropping of sediment by wind, water, or ice
What is deposition
300
Where do intrusive rocks form?
What is underground
300
What is high-grade metamorphism?
What is intense enough to change a rock completely.
300
What is depostion?
What is the dropping of sediment from wind or water or from ice that melts.
300
All three types of rocks can form at a boundary were plates are a. colliding b. pulling apart c. sliding by each other d. standing still
What is a. colliding
400
The ________ shows the process by which rocks are formed from one another.
What is rock cycle
400
What are the two types of igneous rocks?
What is intrusive igneous rocks and extrusive igneous rocks
400
Where does contact metamorphism occurs?
What is when magma rises through Earth's crust and touches existing rocks.
400
What environment that type of chemical rocks form?
What is shallow seas, beaches, groundwater, sea water.
400
Can all three types of rocks be formed at Earths surface? True or False
What is false
500
A natural solid with a definite chemical and physical structure is a __________.
What is mineral
500
What igneous rock is often used as a building material?ranite a. cement b. obsidian c. pumice d. granite
What is d.granite
500
Where does Regional metamorphism occurs?
What is large areas around plate boundaries.
500
What is the environment where types of clastic rocks form?
What is swift, glaciers,beaches, cave-in, landslides, desert, deltas, shallow seas, lagoons, lakes.
500
What does it take for an igneous rock to turn into a metamorphic rock?
What is heat and pressure
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