Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
The Rock Cycle
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The three types of sedimentary rocks.
What are clastic, chemical, and biochemical rocks
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The difference between magma and lava.
What is magma below Earth's surface and lava on Earth's surface?
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Produced when high temperature and pressure affect large areas of Earth's crust.
What is regional metamorphism?
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The tectonic process that forces rocks up from beneath Earth's surface.
What is uplift?
100
_________ is an example of a biochemical sedimentary rock.
What is coal, fossiliferous limestone, or chert?
200
Coal is a type of ________ sedimentary rock.
What is a kind of biochemical sedimentary rock?
200
The way igneous rocks are formed.
What is lava or magma cooling and crystallizing?
200
Metamorphic rocks that show layers of dark minerals alternating with layers of light minerals are classified as __________.
What is foliated metamorphic rock?
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The tectonic force that changes sedimentary rock to metamorphic rock.
What is extreme temperature and pressure?
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Granite, diorite, gabbro, rhyolite, andesite, and basalt are all types of _______ rocks.
What are igneous rocks?
300
A clastic rock that is formed by fast moving rivers or streams that have polished and rounded the grains.
How are conglomerate rocks formed?
300
Slowly cooling igneous rocks are _______ igneous rocks.
What are intrusive igenous rocks?
300
_____________ occurs when rocks come in contact with magma without melting.
What is contact metamorphism?
300
Sedimentary rocks are changed into sediments by ______.
What is weathering and erosion?
300
The type of scientist that analyzes the composition of rocks.
What is a geologist?
400
A rock formed with the remains of organisms.
What is Biochemical sedimentary rock?
400
Lava that cools quickly forms _______ crystals in the rock.
What is fine grained or small?
400
The term __________ is used to explain how rocks can bend or fold without melting.
What is plastic deformation?
400
A process that does not change rocks on Earth's surface.
What is melting?
400
A rock is always_________.
What is a mixture of minerals, organic matter, or other materials?
500
Sediments in sedimentary rocks are held together by_____.
What are natural or mineral cements?
500
When magma cools ______ly deep inside Earth, ______ igneous rocks are formed.
What are slowly cooling intrusive igneous rocks?
500
Metamorphic rocks are classified if they are _________ or _________.
What is foliated or nonfoliated?
500
3 examples of tectonics processes that changes rocks through the rock cycle.
What is uplift, melting, cooling, crystallization, deposition, compaction, cementation, weathering, extreme temperature, or extreme pressure.
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When _______ cools ________ly volcanic glass forms.
What lava cooling quickly?
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