Sedimentary Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Name the rocks
How rocks Form
100
small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things.
What is sediment?
100
Forms from the cooling of magma or lava.
How do igneous rocks form?
100
heat and pressure beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into metamorphic rock.
How can all rocks be changed into metamorphic rock?
100
granite
What rock do people put in thier counters?
100

when minerals that are dessolved in a solution crystallize.

When does chemical rock form?

200
Moving water, wind, or ice that slows.
What depodites sediment into layers?
200
igneous rocks formed from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface.
What is extructive rock?
200
grains arranged in parallel layers or bands.
What does foliated mean?
200
basalt
What rock is dark colored, low in silicia, and is bellow the crust.
200

with minerals

What are rocks made of?

300
when remains of plants and animals are deposited in thick layers.
How do organic rocks form?
300
mountains, and near volcanos.
Where are some igneous rocks found?
300
the rocks are classified by the arrangements of grains that make up the rock.
How do geologists clasify metamorphic rocks?
300
igneous and metamorphic rock
What two types of rocks are formed by heat.
300
color and mineral composition
What two clues tell you the type of rock you have?
400
clastic rocks, organic rocks, and chemical rocks.
What are the three major groups of sedimentary rocks?
400
their orgin, texture, and mineral composition.
What are the three major things igneous rocks classified on?
400
high temperatures change the size and shape of the grains,or mineral crystals, in the rock.
What happens when metamorphic rocks are forming?
400
marble
What rock is light colored and used for old games?
400

grains are what make up a rock such as particles and minerals.

What are grains?

500
the process in which dissolved minerals cryistallize and glue particles of sediment together.
What is cedimentation?
500
the name igneous comes from the latin word ignis, meaning "fire".
Based on where igneous rocks come from. What does igneous mean.
500
materials, buildings, and sculptures
What are certian metamorphic rocks used for?
500
limestone
What rock is light, nonfoliated, metamorphic, green, and were used to build houses?
500
there 20 main minerals
How many main minerals make up most of the rocks on Earth?
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