Rock Cycle
The contributing factors for metamorphic rocks.
What is heat and pressure
the dissolved matter in a body of water
What is load?
sediment settles
what is deposition?
Provide evidence of movement and behavior
What is a trace fossil?
small pieces of rock
What is sediment?
a course grained igneous rock is formed by
What is cooled slowly from magma underground (intrusive)
3 causes of most erosion
What is water, wind, and the force of gravity?
major geologic view emphasizing gradual processes and a long time span
What is uniformitarianism?
Another name for impression fossils
What is a mold fossil?
intrusive igneous to extrusive igneous rock
What is uplift?
the alignment of grains and what type of rock it is associated with it
What is foliation and metamorphic rock?
changed rock into specific shapes in nature
What is weathering and erosion?
Major events important to catastrophists
What is Creation and the Flood?
organisms most commonly found as fossils
Formation of a sedimentary rock
What is weathering and erosion? Bonus: What is compaction?
Type of change occurs when metamorphic rock is transformed by heat
What is a chemical change?
as particles move along the sand, they collide with other material like soil which causes more tiny fragments to move. This is apart of what process.
What is abrasion?
Combination of both uniformitarianism and catastrophism
Another name for droppings
What is a coprolite?
Metamorphic rock turning into an igneous rock
What is melting and cooling?
Smaller dissolved minerals create what type of textured rock
What is crystalline?
the striking blue color of water is because of what
What is the minerals in its load?
effect of water and wind that caused tilted layers
What is crossbedding?
list fossils in order from least complete to most complete
What is trace fossil, mold fossil, petrifaction, resin fossil?
Draw the diagram with arrows with all the words in the correct place
see whiteboard!