Rockin' Rocks!
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Processes
100
Rocks are the solid a)________________ of one or more b)_____________________.
What is the solid a) formation of one or more b) minerals?
100
Igneous rocks are formed when:
What is melted rocks known as lava or magma, are cooled.
100
When rain, ice, wind, and running water cause a rock to break apart it is known as this:
What is weathering?
100
Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have changed from one for of rock to another form of rock due to this:
What is intense pressure and heat?
100
Igneous rocks turn into sedimentary rocks when:
What is when weathering and erosion occur?
200
This is a key factor in the formation of rocks.
What is time?
200
Melted rocks under the surface of the Earth are called:
What is magma?
200
The small pieces of rock that are left over after weathering are called this:
What is sediments?
200
Metamorphic rocks are formed inside the:
What is the Earth's crust?
200
When extreme heat and pressure are applied to an igneous rock, it turns into:
What is a metamorphic rock?
300
The elements that make up rocks are never a) __________, but instead b) ____________.
What is never destroyed, but instead recycled?
300
Melted rocks above the surface of the Earth are called:
What is lava?
300
Metamorphic rock has a ____________ pattern.
What is ribbon?
300
A metamorphic rock turns into an igneous rock when:
What is the metamorphic rock melts into magma or lava and then cools?
400
This is the name for the continuous process of rocks changing into other rocks.
What is the rock cycle?
400
This happens when magma cools slowly:
What is large mineral crystals form in the igneous rocks?
400
After many years of sediments piling on top of each other, the pressure from the weight causes this:
What is cementation?
400
Although you cannot feel it, the ground below is constantly a) ______________ and b) _______________.
What is moving and shifting?
400
Deposition is:
What is the moving of weathered rocks by wind or water?
500
Name one process that causes rocks to change over time:
What is a) weather and erosion, or b) melting, c) heat and pressure.
500
When lava is cooling, gas gets trapped in the rock. This causes:
What is bubbles or holes to form in the rock?
500
The rock sediments combine with dirt, sand, mud and even these:
What are fossils?
500
Pressure and heat changes the way the rock:
What is looks?
500
Metamorphic rocks turn into sedimentary rocks when a) ____________ and b) _____________ occurs.
What is weathering and cementation?
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