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Rocks and Minerals
Sedimentary Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Weathering and Erosion
100
Molten rock that has reached the surface of the crust.
What is lava?
100
Rock that forms from materials on the Earth's surface.
What is sedimentary rock?
100
Magma is pushed up from mantle onto crust surface.
What is extrusive igneous rock?
100
Rock type formed from heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
100
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
200

____________are different from rocks as they have the same chemical structure throughout. A rock can be composed of a variety of different minerals.

Minerals 

200
Shale, sandstone, and limestone are types of sedimentary rocks that often contain _________.
What are fossils?
200
Magma that is pushed from mantle into cool crust and hardens inside crust.
What is intrusive igneous rock?
200
Parent rock is limestone, and is medium/coarse and non foliated.
What is marble?
200
The movement of weathered rock, or transportation of sediment.
What is erosion?
300

A boulder is a rock that is smaller than 25 cm. True or False?

False. Boulders are larger than 25cm. 

300

Which type of Earths material is found on the edge of the beaches and that is made up of quartz?

Sand 

300
Rocks with coarse texture, large crystals, can cool over millions of years.
What is intrusive igneous rock?
300
Main causes of metamorphism are __________.
What are heat and pressure?
300
Dropping of sediemnt from wind or water that slows, or ice melt.
What is deposition?
400
Hardness, streak, luster, texture, and color are used to do this.
What is identify a mineral?
400

Which of Earths Process happens deep inside the earth to change sedimentary rock to metamorphic rock?

Heating 

400
Igneous rock will most likely form by a ________.
What is a volcano?
400
This is used in cosmetics and as a dusting powder.
What is talc?
400

What does soil consist of?

Decayed plants and animals and broken bits of rocks and minerals.

500
The rock cycle began with this type of rock.
What is igneous rocks?
500
Used to season and preserve food, and used to melt snow and ice on roads and sidewalks.
What is rock salt or halite?
500

Which Earths Process turns magma into rock?

Cooling

500
India's Taj Mahal is made from this metamorphic rock.
What is marble?
500
Rocks are constantly undergoing weathering, melting and being altered to form new rocks.
What is the rock cycle?