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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

Rock type not commonly found on Earth's surface.

What is metamorphic rock?

200

Shale, sandstone, and limestone are types of sedimentary rocks that often contain _________.  The other rock types would destroy these.

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
Natural, solid substance that has a definite chemical compostition and physical structure, that makes up all rocks.
What is mineral?
300
Formed from calcium carbonate, which may precipitate chemically from water or derive from shell fragments of many tiny marine creatures.
What is limestone?
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 sediment 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 to identify a mineral?

400
Formed when layers of mud and clay are pressed together.
What is shale?
400
Igneous rock will most likely form by a ________.
What is a volcano?
400

This is used as a dusting powder for babies.

What is talc?

400

What is the process called where sediment is compacted, or packed down, and glued together.

What is cementation?

500

Melting and crystallization lead to the formation of 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
This rock is used as a builing material, example of famous structure would be Empire State Building.
What is granite?
500
India's Taj Mahal is made from this metamorphic rock.
What is marble?
500

What is the process called where rocks are constantly undergoing weathering, melting and being altered to form new rocks.

What is the rock cycle?