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Rocks
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
100
What are the three main types of rocks?
Igneous rock, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock
100
Rocks can come in different colors, shapes, and ______.
Sizes
100
What is igneous the latin word for?
Fire
100
How is sedimentary rock made?
weathering and erosion
100
How is metamorphic rock formed?
Heat and pressure
200
What rock type is formed from the slow cooling of magma under the earth's surface?
igneous rock
200
What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals, and other material into sedimentary rock?
compacting and cementing
200
How is igneous rock formed?
Melting and Cooling
200
What makes up sedimentary rock?
sediment
200
Metamorphic rocks are the _______ great class of rocks.
third
300
What kind of rock is coal?
sedimentary rock
300
What type of igneous rock covers most of the ocean floor?
Bassalt
300
Igneous rock is made from lava released by ________.
volcanos
300
What colors are sedimentary rock usually?
Light Brown to Light gray
300
What is a very common type of metamorphic rock?
Marble
400
Name three types of igneous rock?
Andesite Basalt Quartz Diorite Gabbro Granite Obsidian Pegmatite Peridotite Pumice Rhyolite Scoria Welded Tuff Tuff
400
Quartzite is a metamorphic rock that is formed from the sedimentary rock _________.
sandstone
400
What is the most common igneous rock ?
Basalt
400
what are three types of sedimentary rock?
Breccia Chert Anthracite Coal Coal Conglomerate Dolomite Flint Hematite Iron Ore Limestone Halite Rock Salt Sandstone Shale Siltstone
400
What are three types of metamorphic rock?
Amphibolite Gneiss Hornfels Marble Novaculite Phyllite Quartzite Muscovite Schist Schist Slate Soapstone
500
What New England state produces the most marble on the east coast?
Vermont
500
Rocks melt at what temperature range?
600 to 1,300 degrees Celsius
500
How many different types of igneous rocks have been found?
700-800
500
What percentage of earths crust is sedimentary rock?
8%
500
What are the two basic types of metamorphic rock?
foliated metamorphic rocks and non-foliated metamorphic rocks
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