A naturally formed solid that is usually made up of one or more types of mineral.
What is Rock?
100
A sedimentary rock-forming process that occurs when layers of small sediments become compressed by the weight of layers above them.
What is Compaction?
100
The 2 categories under which igneous rock is classified.
What are intrusive and extrusive?
100
Gneiss is an example of this type of rock.
What is Metamorphic?
100
The set of natural, repeating processes that form, change, break down, and re-form rocks.
What is the rock cycle?
200
Solid minerals such as rock fragments, plant and animal remains, or minerals that are carried by water or by air and that settle on the bottom of a body of water or on the ground.
What is Sediment?
200
A sedimentary rock-forming process in which large sediments are glued together by minerals deposited between the sediments.
What is Cementation?
200
The 2 characteristics of intrusive igneous rock.
What are large crystal size and slow cooling?
200
An example of a "parent rock" is this.
What is Shale? (schist or limestone work, too)
200
The process by which bonds between atoms in minerals break and re-form in new ways during metamorphism
What is re-crystallization?
300
Rock that forms as molten rock cools and becomes solid.
What is Igneous Rock?
300
The way igneous rock forms.
What is molten rock cools?
300
The 2 characteristics of extrusive igneous rock.
What are fast cooling time and small crystal size?
300
An example of extrusive igneous rock is this.
What is rhyolite? (pumice or basalt are O.K)
300
When water moves and dissolves limestone and forms shapes in the rock.
What is cave formation?
400
Formed as heat or pressure causes existing rock to change in structure, texture, or mineral composition.
What is metamorphic rock?
400
The way metamorphic rock forms.
What is heat and pressure?
400
The 2 types of metamorphic rocks.
What is foliated and nonfoliated? >:-)
400
An example of intrusive igneous rock is this.
What is granite? (or gabbro)
400
The minimum number of minerals a metamorphic rock must contain to be foliated.
What is 2?
500
Rock formed as pieces of older rocks and other loose materials get pressed or cemented together or as dissolved minerals re-form and build up in layers.
What is sedimentary rock?
500
The scale that shows rock hardness. (Double Jeopardy)
What is the Mohs scale?
500
Sedimentary rock shows __ __ __ __ (do not have to answer in the form of a question) (double)
What happens around it
500
Coal is considered this. (double)
What is a fossil fuel?
500
A rock that has a large space in it that contains large mineral crystals. (double)