Rock Classification
Type of rock that forms around volcanic activity
What is IGNEOUS rock?
Which types of rock can change form?
What is Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary rocks.
A metamorphic rock that has grains arranged in parallel layers or bands are said to be _______.
What is FOLIATED?
A series of processes on Earth's surface and inside the planet that slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
What is the ROCK CYCLE?
Remains of animals that have turned to rock.
What is Fossil?
A type of rock that forms from particles or remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.
What is SEDIMENTARY rock?
Molten rock found is known by these two terms depending where it is located.
What is lava and magma?
The process that wears rocks down at the Earth's surface.
What is weathering?
Sedimentary rock sub-type formed from pieces of rocks and minerals.
What are clastic?
Another term for cooling as it refers to Magma becoming Igneous rock.
What is solidification?
A particle of mineral or other rock that gives a rock its texture.
What is GRAIN?
Marble is a widely used metamorphic rock because it:
a. has a fine, even grain.
b. is relatively easy to cut into slabs.
c. can be easily polished.
d. all of the above
What is d. All of the above?
2 types of Metamorphic Rocks:
What is:
Foliated and Non Foliated?
The movement of sediment is described by this term.
What is Erosion?
An igneous rock texture in which large crystals are present indicates cooling happened at what rate (fast or slow).
What is slow
What is TEXTURE?
Metamorphic rock forms from Igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks and ___________ rocks.
What is Metamorphic?
Igneous rocks may be classified as _____ or _____, depending on where they form.
What is EXTRUSIVE or INTRUSIVE?
Earth's constructive and destructive forces move rocks through the _____ ______.
What is the ROCK CYCLE?
Three types of sedimentary rocks.
What are CLASTIC, ORGANIC, and CHEMICAL ROCKS?
Metamorphic rocks change forms from other existing rocks through heat and __________?
What is pressure?
Rocks are classified based on texture and ________.
What is Mineral Composition?
Compaction is the process that presses sediments together, ___________ is the process in which the dissolved minerals crystalize and the particles of sediment are glued together.
What is cementation?
Over millions of years water and ________ wear away mountain's granite to become sand.
What is WEATHER?
Igneous rocks form from _______ or _______.