Metamorphic Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
The Rock Cycle
Rock Identification
100
What two things cause metamorphic rocks to form?
Heat and Pressure.
100
What causes igneous rocks to form?
Melting.
100
List the 4 types of sediment from LARGEST to SMALLEST.
Gravel, sand, silt, clay
100
What is the rock cycle?
How rocks turn into other rocks.
100
What is the name of this rock? What kind of rock and what type is it?
Pumice. Igneous Extrusive.
200
What are the two types of metamorphic rocks?
Foliated and Non-Foliated
200
What are the two types of igneous rocks?
Extrusive and Intrusive.
200
What is the name of an organic sedimentary rock, which is an important energy source?
Coal
200
How does sedimentary rock become igneous rock?
Melting and cooling down.
200
Is this rock Clastic or Non-Clastic?
Clastic
300
What are the bands or cleavage in metamorphic rocks called?
Foliation / Foliated
300
The horizontal structure shown as D below is called a —-?
Sill
300
What are the 5 processes that rocks go through to form a sedimentary rock?
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation
300
How does igneous rock become metamorphic rock?
Heat and Pressure
300
This rock is fossiliferous limestone/coquina. What is its two sub-categories?
Non-Clastic Organic
400
What was the parent rock of this metamorphic rock below? What is its name?
Limestone - Marble
400
What is this rock called? It forms most of the ocean floor.
Basalt.
400
This sedimentary rock has ripple marks. What is the best explanation for this?
Movement of water by wind
400
DAILY DOUBLE - Fill-in the blank Rock Cycle provided.
Answers vary.
400
Is this rock foliated or non-foliated?
Foliated
500
DAILY DOUBLE:
These protoliths (parent rocks) turn into what metamorphic rocks:
Sandstone
Limestone
Granite
Shale
Sandstone turns into Quartzite
Limestone turns into Marble
Granite turns into Gneiss
Shale turns into Slate
500
Correctly sort the following facts about intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks:
Small or no crystals, formed deep within a volcano, cools rapidly, an example is granite
Intrusive: formed deep within a volcano, an example is granite
Extrusive: small or no crystals, cools rapidly
500
Sedimentary Rocks have what two types? One of those types is further broken down into two categories. What are those? (4 answers)
Clastic and Non-Clastic
Non-Clastic is broken down into Organic and Chemical
500
How does a metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock? (5 steps)
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation
500
What type of rock is this and why?
Sedimentary. Metamorphic and Igneous are too damaging for bones.