When molten rock cools above the Earth, this is called?
What is an extrusive rock?
100
These two factors are essential in creating a metamorphic rock.
What are heat and pressure?
100
Sedimentary rocks are created by which materials?
What are sediments?
100
These rocks, are the most common on the Earth.
What are igneous rocks?
100
Karst topography typically has which types of rock?
What is limestone/calcite?
200
Molten rock which cools slowly below the Earth's surface is called?
What is an intrusive rock?
200
The word meaning transformation is?
What is metamorphism?
200
This agent is essential in creating sedimentary rocks.
What is water?
200
Name a common igneous rock.
What is basalt/granite?
200
This mineral deposit is typically found hanging off cavern ceilings.
What are stalactites?
300
Igneous rocks can generally be identified by this.
What are crystals?
300
There are two types of metamorphism, this one, typically occurs close to plate boundaries. What is it?
What is regional metamorphism?
300
When igneous and metamorphic rocks are broken down into sediments, we call this _________.
What are weathering/erosion?
300
This is a common sedimentary rock.
What is conglomerate, limestone, calcite, halite, sandstone?
300
When water touches a rock high in Carbon, what compound does it become?
What is carbonic acid?
400
An air pocket inside a rock, can also be called this?
What is a Geode?
400
This metamorphic process which occurs in situations where there is intense pressure or temperatures causes the grains, atoms or molecules of a rock to move closer together to create a new crystal structure. What is this process?
What is recrystallization?
400
We call the layers in a sedimentary rock this?
What is strata?
400
We can sometimes find evidence of extinct species in sedimentary rocks. What do we call these?
What are fossils?
400
This US state, has many sinkholes and caverns.
What is Florida or Louisianna?
500
This term refers to a rock which has heavier materials and a darker colour.
What is mafic?
500
This type of metamorphism is produced when a rock is touched by an intrusive igneous rock.
What is contact metamorphism?
500
There are three types of sedimentary rocks, what are they?
What is biological, chemical, and clastic?
500
This term refers to an igneous rock with light colours and with light materials.
What is felsic?
500
Name and describe the three types of formations that can be found in a Karst cavern.
What are stalactites (hanging), stalagmites (emerging from the ground, and columns (the full height of a cavern).