Vocabulary
Rock Cycle
General
Type of Rock
True / False
100
Define Lithification
What is the process by which sediment becomes sedimentary rock
100
Define the Rock Cycle
What is the process by which the three basic types of rock can be converted into one another?
100
Name the three basic types of rocks
What is Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks
100
this rock forms from magma underground
What is an intrusive igneous rock
100
Metamorphic rock can become Sedimentary rock
True or False
What is True (by Weathering)
200
Define Bedding Plane
What is a distinct separation between two rock strata
200
Igneous and Sedimentary Rock when subjected to heat and/ or pressure is converted into
What is Metamorphic Rock
200
Which rock type needs one or both pressure and heat to form
What is Regional Metamorphic Rock
200
This rock forms from lava, above ground
What is Extrusive igneous rock
200
Sand has larger particles than silt
True / False
What is True
300
Define Nonconformity
What is the contact between igneous or metamorphic rock and sedimentary rock above it
300
Metamorphic Rock once melted by magma, eventually come up to the surface a lava, once cooled and freezes becomes
What is igneous Rock
300
Describe a Clastic Sedimentary Rock
What is a sedimentary rock made of sediments that came from weathering and Erosion
300
The Type of rock this is:
What is Sedimentary Rock
300
Igneous Rock is more likely to contain fossils than Sedimentary rock.
True / False
What is False
400
Define Paraconformity
What is a bedding plane that is thought to be an unconformity but does not look like one
400
List the three steps to lithification
What is
1. the sediments must be compacted
2. water must be removed
3. the sediments must be cemented together
400
List the simplest way for an igneous rock to become sedimentary rock (list each thing)
1. Weathering
2. Lithification
see diagram on page 107
400
The type of rock this is:
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What is Metamorphic Rock
400
Lithification is always a very slow process
True / False
What is False (it can be very fast depending on the conditions)
500
Define Principle of Superposition
What is in a series of rock strata, the oldest stratum is at the bottom, and the rocks get progressively younger the higher they are in the series
500
Whether it is Igneous, Metamorphic, or Sedimentary this process is needed for Sediments
What is Weathering
500
Properly describe Coal
What is an organic sedimentary rock but can be turned into anthracite coal, which is a metamorphic rock that is almost completely made of carbon.
500
This rock is described as a
What is a dike? (also made from an intrusive igneous rock)
500
A Chemical Sedimentary Rock is formed by particles that either precipitate out of water or are chemically altered in the presence of water.
True / False
What is True