Classifying Rocks/Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rocky Movement
100
Geologists classify rocks into 3 major groups
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
100
Igneous rock that formed from magma and cooled very slowly UNDERNEATH the earth's surface is called ________.
What is intrusive rock
100
These small pieces or particles make up sedimentary rock. They can be other rocks or plant and animal organisms
What is sediments
100
This is how metamorphic rocks are created.
What is extreme heat and pressure
100
When magma or lava cools and crystallizes _____________ rock is formed
What is igneous rock
200
The type of rock that forms from magma or lava cooling
What is igneous rock
200
This type of rock is formed from lava ON the earth's surface.
What is extrusive rock
200
This type of rock often has fossils imbedded in it
What is limestone?
200
These types of rocks can become metamorphic rocks
What is igneous, sedimentary and other metamorphic rocks
200
Igneous rock breaks into sediment by a processes called ______________
What is weathering
300
These rocks are made up of pieces of older rock, sand, minerals, and fossils
What are sedimentary rocks?
300
The way to classify the different types of rock
How it was formed?
300
You've settled deep into the ocean as a sedimentary rock. The waves break you down into sediment. Over time you get compressed back into a sedimentary rock. Then you sink deeper into the earth and experience extreme heat the pressure. You are now a ____________ rock.
What is a metamorphic rock?
300
After limestone is transformed into a metamorphic rock, it becomes.
What is marble?
300
When rain washes soil away from a hillside
What is erosion
400
One way to test minerals invented by Mohs.
What is the Mohs hardness scale?
400
This type of igneous rock is black with a glassy texture. 
What is obsidian
400
Formed by the accumulation of dead plant matter or animal remains being cemented together.
What is Sedimentary Rocks
400
Where metamorphic rocks are formed
What is deep inside the earth
400
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean is an example of this process
What is deposition?
500
These are the 5 ways to tell if something is a mineral.
What are: Naturally occurring, from non-living things, solid, made of specific elements, has atoms arranged in a specific way?
500
This extrusive igneous rock can float in water, and some people use it to clean their feet. It has many air bubbles.
What is pumice
500
Charlie observed a rock that he found at the beach. He concluded that the rock was sedimentary. How could he be sure?
What is by the layers within the rock?
500
What does metamorphic mean?
What is "to change form"?
500
Daily Double - Name at least 2 landforms found in Patagonia
Mountains, plains, plateaus, glaciers