Types of Sedimentary Rocks
Igneous Rock
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Types of Metamorphism
Mixed
100
The type of sedimentary rock made up of pre-existing rock fragments.
What is clastic?
100
The substance igneous rocks forms from.
What is molten rock?
100
Molten rock in the Earth's upper mantle and crust.
What is magma?
100
The two forms of metamorphism.
What are contact and regional?
100
Words beginning with that describe how rock fragments are smooshed and stuck together to make sedimentary rock.
What are compacting and cementing?
200
Another term for the way sedimentary rock forms in layers.
What is strata?
200
Rocks formed from the cooling and solidification of Magma beneath the Earth's surface.
What is intrusive igneous rock?
200
Chemical substances that are main ingredients of rocks.
What are minerals?
200
The two factors that cause metamorphism.
What are heat and pressure?
200
The physical process of frozen water breaking rock apart.
What is freeze-thaw weathering?
300
The three main classes of Sedimentary rocks
What are clastic, organic, chemical?
300
Rock like granite that form beneath the Earth's surface
What is intrusive igneous rock?
300
What does gneiss look like?
300
The metamorphic rock formed from shale.
What is slate?
300
The process of rock being broken down.
What is weathering?
400
This type of rock is made from sand.
What is sandstone?
400
Obsidian and basalt.
What are examples of extrusive volcanic rock?
400
This sedimentary rock can form from the remains of fossils that once lived in the ocean.
What is limestone?
400
What does schist look like?
400
The process of rock fragments being transported from one place to another.
What is erosion?
500
This rock is a great example of organic sedimentary rock. It's made from plants.
What is coal?
500
An incredibly light extrusive igneous rock full of holes.
What is pumice?
500
Evidence of past life found only in Sedimentary rocks.
What are fossils?
500
(True or false) Metamorphic rocks form from other rocks that have melted.
What is false?
500
The hottest layer of the Earth.
What is the inner core?