Types Of Rock
Rock Cycle
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
OTHER
100
Which type of rock is formed from heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
100
Name the 3 types of Rocks
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
100
What are sediments?
Sedimentary rocks are formed from deposits of pre-existing rocks or pieces
100
Which type of rocks contain layers?
Sedimentary
100
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
sediments
200
The continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material is called what?
Rock Cycle
200
Igneous rocks are formed from ______ and ________
Magma and lava
200
What is weathering?
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to natural elements (wind, water)
200
Igneous rocks transforms into sediments by________
weathering
200
Igneous rocks are categorized as _________ or _________, depending on where the molten rock cooled.
intrusive or extrusive
300
Which type of rocks are most likely to contain fossils?
Sedimentary
300
Magma turns to an igneous rock by _________
cooling
300
What is erosion?
The geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and TRANSPORTED by natural forces such as wind or water.
300
What does compacting mean?
Squeeze tightly together
300
The processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and eroding?
400
Sedimentary rocks are formed by what 2 things?
Compaction and cementation
400
Igneous Rocks transform to sediments by______
Weathering
400
What is an intrusive igneous rock?
Formed inside a volcano
400
Wha are all rocks made up of?
Minerals
400
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
Magma
500
How are sediments formed?
They are formed by weathering and erosion
500
Name the Rock Cycle starting with a volcano.
Volcano, Igneous Rocks, Sediments, Sedimentary Rock, Metamorphic Rock, and Magma
500
What does metamorphic mean?
Change
500
This is molten rock below the surface.
Magma
500
This metamorphic rock was commonly used in chalk boards.
Slate