Rocks
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Rock Cycle
100
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
What are three classes of rocks?
100
magma that reaches the earth's surface
What is lava?
100
rock formed from the remains of living things
What is sedimentary?
100
a rock formed when another rock is is changed by heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rock?
100
two processes that change rocks into sediments
What are weathering and erosion?
200
it forms when minerals in igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks melt
What is magma?
200
rock formed when melted minerals cool and harden
What is igneous rock?
200
limestone and halite are examples of this group of sedimentary rock
What are nonclastics?
200
a metamorphic rock that is formed from sandstone
What is quartzite?
200
two things that change sedimentary and igneous rocks into metamorphic rocks
What are heat and pressure?
300
all rocks are made of these
What are minerals?
300
rock that is made up of melted minerals
What is molten rock?
300
a sedimentary rock that is made from plants and is burned as fuel
What is coal?
300
a metamorphic rock that has its mineral crystals arranged in bands is called
What is foliated?
300
the only kind of rock that can form directly from magma?
What is igneous rock?
400
series of natural processes during which rocks are slowly changed from one kind to another
What is the rock cycle?
400
the size of mineral crystals of rock formed from magma
What is large?
400
the grouping of things that are alike
What is classification?
400
two rocks that are formed when granite is put under great heat and pressure
What are gneiss and schist?
400
two processes that cause sediments to form sedimentary rocks
What are pressure and cementing?
500
the texture of an igneous rock that does not have mineral crystals
What is glassy?
500
two minerals commonly found in igneous rock are mica and ___________
What is feldspar?
500
rock particles that are carried and deposited by water, wind, or ice
What is sediment?
500
where foliated rocks tend to break
What are their mineral crystal bands?
500
the rock that always results from the application of heat and pressure to rock
What is metamorphic rock?
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