Origin
Rock Cycle
Rock Types
Describing Rock
Pictures
100
This type of igneous rock has large crystals because it cooled slowly
intrusive
100
The carrying away of rock fragments by water, wind or ice is called __________
erosion
100
Heat and pressure beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into _________ _________
Metamorphic Rock
100
Geologists describe grain shape using the words jagged and ________________.
Rounded
100
Is this rock foliated or nonfoliated?
Foliated
200
An igneous rock that is formed from lava is _________
extrusive
200
This has to happen for igneous rocks to turn into metamorphic rock
adding heat and pressure
200
Dissolved minerals and particles of sediment stick together to form sedimentary rock in a process called
cementation
200
_________ gives a rock its texture
grains
200
Is this rock foliated or nonfoliated?
nonfoliated
300
As layer upon layer of sediments are deposited, the process of _________ presses them together
compaction
300
Metamorphic rock can turn into igneous rocks by doing this
melting and cooling
300
This type of rock has layers of particles cemented together
sedimentary
300
A rock that has grains that are small are called ________ grained
fine
300
Is this sedimentary rock clastic or organic?
clastic
400
Metamorphic rocks that do not have mineral grains arranged in parallel layers are _______
nonfoliated
400
This has to happen to igneous rocks for sedimentary rocks to form
erosion
400
This type of rock is made from cooling magma or lava
igneous
400
Metamorphic rock can form from which types of rock?
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock
400
Does this rock have large crystals or small crystals?
large crystals
500
The faster the magma cools the ________ the mineral crystals will be.
smaller
500
This is the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it
deposition
500
Chemical reactions, pressure, and heat can cause sedimentary rock to change to _________
metamorphic rock
500
Small particles of rock that make up sedimentary rock are called ____________
sediments
500
Are these rocks igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic?
sedimentary
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