Terms
Rock Cycle
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
100
Solid mineral mixtures that make up the Earth's surface.
What is rocks?
100
The continuous changing of rocks from one kind to another.
What is the rock cycle?
100
Igneous rocks are formed from _________ rock.
What is melted?
100
Sedimentary rocks are formed from _________ carried along and deposited by wind and water.
What is sediments?
100
Metamorphic rocks are formed through __________ and _________.
What is heat and pressure?
200
The mineral makeup of rocks.
What is composition?
200
A change due to heat, pressure, or a chemical reaction.
What is metamorphism?
200
Two classes of igneous rock are ________ and ________.
What is intrusive and extrusive?
200
The process that often creates sedimentary rock.
What is compacting and cementing?
200
Metamorphic rocks can be classified into two groups: ________ and ________.
What is foliated and nonfoliated?
300
The size, shape, and position of its grains in rocks.
What is texture?
300
The reduction of a solid to a liquid state through the use of heat.
What is melting?
300
Igneous rocks formed beneath Earth's surface that cools slowly.
What is intrusive?
300
Sedimentary rock formed from fragments of weathered rocks.
What is clastic rock?
300
Metamorphic rock that has layers of similar colors or minerals that are aligned like the pages of a book.
What is foliated?
400
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure.
What is a mineral?
400
Chemical change that breaks down rock as a result of reactions with organic substances in the soil or with acid rain.
What is decomposition?
400
Igneous rocks formed on the Earth's surface that cool quickly.
What is extrusive?
400
Sedimentary rock formed from dissolved minerals or remains of plants and animals.
What is nonclastic rock?
400
Metamorphic rock that has a random arrangement of minerals or colors.
What is non-foliated?
500
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
500
The process by which the products of weathering are moved from one place to another.
What is erosion?
500
The characteristics of igneous rocks.
What is smooth, glassy surface AND gas bubbles?
500
Some sedimentary rock, such as limestone, contains _________.
What are fossils?
500
True or False. Metamorphic rock can only melt and become igneous rock.
What is false?
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