Rocks in General
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Rock Processes
100
Minerals
What solids are made when two or more minerals are combined?
100
This type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens.
What is Igneous rock?
100
The type of rock formed when sediments become compacted and cemented.
What is Sedimentary rock?
100
metamorphic
What type of rock is changed by heat, pressure, or fluids?
100
The Rock Cycle
What is the continuous process that causes rocks to change from one type to another?
200
Component minerals retain the property of the mixture.
What is a property of rock?
200
The latin word for fire.
What is ignis?
200
Water, wind, glacier, plate movement
What forces cause rock to weather?
200
foliation
What is the layering within metamorphic rocks called?
200
Magma
What is the name for molten rock that forms deep beneath the Earths surface?
300
This rock is made of organic material.
What is coal?
300
This is igneous rock formed below the surface.
What is intrusive rock?
300
A common rock formed when minerals precipitate out of water.
What is Limestone?
300
Regional Metamorphism
What is the name given to changes in great masses of rock over a wide area?
300
Lava
What is name of magma that reaches the surface?
400
This word is used for the process where water and heat dissolve rock.
What is hydrothermal?
400
What do we call igneous rock the forms when lava cools on the surface?
What are Extrusive igneous rocks?
400
Another name for what looks like 'stripes' in Sedimentary rock.
What are layers?
400
Contact Metamorphism
What is the name we give to rocks created when magma is injected into the surrounding solid rock? Marble is formed by this process.
400
Weathering
What is the name of the process in which rocks are physically and chemically broken down by water, air, and living things?
500
The name of the most common rock on Earth.
What is basalt?
500
Two characteristics we use to classify igneous rocks.
What are texture and composition?
500
This type of rock covers most of the earths surface.
What is sedimentary rock?
500
texture, mineral composition, fine grained, coarse grained, foliation (i.e. "layering").
What is one of the ways used to classify Metamorphic rock? (hint: compare
500
Rock
What do we call a solid mixture of one or more minerals?
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