Sedimentary Rocks
Classifying Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Coral Reef
100
Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.
What is Sedimentary Rocks
100
Geologist classify rocks into three major groups: sedimentary, metamorphic and __________
What is Igneous
100
_______ rocks are classified according to their origin, texture, and mineral composition
What is Igneous Rocks
100
Geologist classify __________ rock accoring to the arrangement of grains the grains that make up the rock.
What is Metamorphic Rock
100
Relatives that grow together to form ______.
What is Coral Reef
200
The processes the presses sediments together.
What is Compaction
200
Look and feel of the rocks surface.
What is Texture
200
igneous rock may form on or beneath earth's surface.
What is Extrusive Rock
200
Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in a parallel layers or bands.
What is Foliated
200
Ancient Coral reef is _______stone.
What is Limestone
300
__________ forms when the remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers.
What is Organic Rock
300
When studying a rock sample, geologists observe the rocks mineral composition, color and _______
What is Texture
300
Igneous rock that formed when magma hardened beneath earth's surface.
What is Intrusive Rock
300
The statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial is made up of ______
What is Marble
300
Coral animals like to eat tiny __________
What is Organisms
400
sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.
What is Classtic Rocks
400
Most rocks are made up of particles of minerals or other rocks.
What is Grains
400
A fined-grained extrusive igneous rock with a mineral composition similar to granite.
What is Rhyolite
400
__________ Rocks are important materials for building and sculpture.
What is Metamorphic Rock
500
When minerals that are dissolved in a solution crystallize ___________ forms.
what is Chemical Rock
500
Made up of, Quartz, Feldspar, Hornblende and Mica.
What is Granite
500
The name Igneous comes from the Latin word ignis meaning ____
What is Fire
500
Shale heat and pressure=____________
What is Metamorphic, Folited
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