Rock Types
Characteristics of Rocks
How Rocks Change
Name the Rock
Rock Cycle
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What is Igneous?
What type of rock is black obsidian?
100
What is glass-like surface?
What property has a shiny, smooth surface?
100
What is compacting and cementing of sediments?
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
100
What is gneiss?
This rock has many ribbon-like layers, mica, and is metamorphic.
100
What is magma?
What has to cool in order to form igneous/all rocks?
200
What is metamorphic.
What type of rock is marble?
200
What is fossils?
What property has remains of plants and animals?
200
What is the cooling of magma?
How are igneous rocks formed?
200
What is granite?
This rock is an intrusive igneous, comes from the Latin word granum, because of its coarse-grain structure.
200
What is sediment?
Rocks are broken down from weathering and erosion, and form what?
300
What is sedimentary.
What type of rock is sandstone?
300
What is ribbon-like layers?
What property is stripes or layers in a rock?
300
What is heat and pressure?
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
300
What is quartzite?
This rock used to be sandstone, is metamorphic, and is looks very much like mica.
300
What is sedimentary rock?
When sediment is compacted and cemented, it forms this.
400
What is metamorphic?
What type of rock is granite?
400
What is crystals?
What property is a shiny, mirror like surface?
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What is weathering erosion?
How are sediments formed?
400
What is rhyolite?
This is an extrusive igneous rock, if it cools too quickly will form crystals, and has a felsic composition.
400
What is metamorphic rock?
Heat and pressure added to sedimentary or igneous rock, will form this.
500
What is igneous?
What type of rock is basalt?
500
What is sand and pebbles?
What property is smaller rocks or sand in the rock?
500
What is heat and pressure?
How do rocks change shape or form?
500
What is conglomerate?
This is a sedimentary rock, made up of many small rocks compacted together.
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What is melt into magma?
Extreme heat will do this to a rock and start the cycle over again.
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