Sedimentary Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Other/Misc.
General Rock Info.
100
The binding of sediments is called..
What is cementation?
100
Molten rock material that forms deep within Earth.
What is magma?
100
The change from one rock type to another because of heat, pressure, or chemicals.
What is metamorphism?
100
A mine, usually close to or at Earth's surface, from which certain rocks are removed.
What is a quarry?
100
The series of changes that rocks undergo on Earth.
What is the rock cycle?
200
The breaking up of rocks into sediments.
What is weathering?
200
Magma that reaches Earth's surface.
What is lava?
200
A type of metamorphism that occurs when hot magma or lava comes in contact with rock.
What is contact metamorphism?
200
Small, rectangular blocks made from a mixture of clays and other sediments.
What is a brick?
200
Bricks are a type of sedimentary rock...true or false.
What is false?
300
Sedimentary rocks usually have these because of the different materials being pressed together.
What are layers?
300
A rock that forms from lava that cools and hardens quickly leaving no time for mineral grains to grow.
What is obsidian?
300
What kind of rock can be changed into another kind of rock?
What is any rock?
300
A term that refers to the size and shape of mineral grains and the way in which they are arranged in a rock.
What is texture?
300
Chemical sedimentary rocks from from the remains of plants and animals or from parts of organisms...true or false...
What is false?
400
Affects the formation of beds of sedimentary rock.
What is wind, water, and the shape of the land?
400
Mineral grains are large in rocks formed from this.
What is magma?
400
This type of rock is grouped according to their textures as banded or non-banded.
What is metamorphic rocks?
400
Bituminous coal becomes metamorphosed to form.
What is anthracite?
400
Bits of existing rocks, minerals, and organic materials.
What are sediments?
500
Rocks that form at Earth's surface when sediments harden into rock.
What is Sedimentary Rock?
500
Rocks that form when hot, melted rock material cools and hardens.
What is Igneous Rocks?
500
This type of metamorphism causes the least amount of change in rock.
What is burial metamorphism?
500
This coal lights very easily and provides the most energy of all the types of coal.
What is bituminous coal?
500
Rocks that form from existing rocks because of changes caused by heat, pressure, or chemicals?
What are metamorphic rocks?
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