The process of the rock cycle
Metamorphic Rock textures and rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Igneous Rocks
Definitions
100
What is the process called when an igneous rock turns into sediments?
What is weathering
100
Name one metamorphic rock.
Gneiss,Quartzite,and Phylite
100
Name one non clastic rock
limestone, gypsum, chert
100
What are the two types of igneous rocks
Intrusive and extrusive
100
What is magma
A hot fluid that forms within the earths crust
200
How do extrusive igneous rocks form?
From the cooling of magma on earth's surface.
200
What is the texture of gneiss
foliated
200
What is a clastic rock
fragments, or clasts, of pre-existing minerals and rocks.
200
What is one igneous rock
Basalt,obsidian,granite
200
What is a rock
A solid natural occurance made of minerals
300
How do metamorphic rocks form?
From the heating and compacting of pre-existing rocks.
300
What are the two types of metamorphic rock textures.
Foliated and Non-Foliated
300
Name some sedimentary rocks ( 3 minimum).
sandstone, lime stone, breccia, conglomerate, and chert.
300
What is one extrusive igneous rock
Obsidian,basalt,rhyolite
300
What is an igneous rock
A rock that forms from cooled magma
400
How do sediments form
They get weathered and eroded.
400
What are the textures of shale, schist, and phyllite
foliated
400
What is the texture of lime stone
non-clastic
400
Would a rock cool faster intrusively or extrusively
Extrusively
400
What are sediments
Worn down pieces of rock that later will likely turn into a rock
500
Identify the earth materials of the rock cycle
Magma,Igneous Rocks, Sediments, Sedimentary Rocks, and Metamorphic Rocks.
500
What is one non-foliated metamorphic rock
quartzite and marble
500
What are the textures of these rocks breccia, conglomerate, sand stone.
clastic
500
What is one intrusive rock
Diorite,gabbro,granite
500
What is metamorphism
The process that rocks go through in order to become a metamorphic rock
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