Classifying Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
The Rock Cycle
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Geologists classify rocks into 3 major groups
What is igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
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Igneous rock that formed from magma and cooled very slowly UNDERNEATH the earth's surface is called ________.
What is intrusive rock
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These small pieces or particles make up sedimentary rock. They can be parts of other rocks, plants, and animal.
What is sediment
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This is how metamorphic rocks are created.
What is extreme heat and pressure
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Magma cools and crystallizes in the cycle forming _______ rock
What is igneous rock
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Molten rock above the surface.
Lava
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The building blocks of rocks?
What are minerals?
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The type of rock that forms from magma or lava cooling
What is igneous rock
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This type of rock is formed from lava ON the earth's surface.
What is extrusive rock
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A sedimentary rock that comes out of a solution.
What is a chemical sedimentary rock?
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These types of rocks can become metamorphic rocks
What is igneous, sedimentary and other metamorphic rocks. All rocks can become metamorphic rocks.
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Transporting sediments by wind, water, gravity, or glaciers.
What is erosion
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This sedimentary rocks bubbles with HCl acid and can be organic or chemically formed.
What is limestone?
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How does metamorphic rock form?
Heat and Pressure
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The 3 types of rocks are classified this way.
What is the way rocks are formed?
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An extrusive rock with dark color, fine grains and low silica
What is Basalt?
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A sedimentary rock made of once-living plants and animals.
What is an organic sedimentary rock?
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A term that describes a metamorphic rock with banded layers or mineral alignment.
What is foliated?
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The layers of sediment become pressed together over time
What is compaction
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Why do intrusive igneous rocks have large crystals?
They cool slowly.
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What type of igneous rock can have air pockets or holes in it?
Extrusive
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The meaning of the word "ignis" in 'igneous' rock.
What is "fire"?
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This type of igneous rock is black with a glassy texture. 
What is obsidan
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Sedimentary rock that is formed by the accumulation of dead plant matter or animal remains being cemented together.
What are organic sedimentary rock?
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The texture of a metamorphic rock that does NOT show banded or mineral alignment layers.
What is non-foliated
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The ______ ________ is a series of processes that transform the types of rocks in the earth's crust. It takes a very long time and there are many paths that can be taken.
Rock Cycle
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True or False: The Rock Cycle takes a short amount of time.
False
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Molten rock below the surface.
What is magma?
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Igneous rock cools very quickly. What would be the texture of an igneous rock that cools quickly?
Glassy or Fine Grained. Teacher's Discretion.
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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
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The process that breaks rocks down into sediments.
What is weathering?
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What does metamorphic mean?
HINT- "It's morphing time!"
What is "to change form"?
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The processes by which sediments become sedimentary rocks
compaction or cementation
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What is the difference between an intrusive igneous rock and an extrusive igneous rock?
Intrusive forms from magma below the surface and extrusive forms from lava above the surface.
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An intrusive igneous rock with large crystals and is the main type of rock found in Earth's continental crust.
What is granite?