Rock Cycle
What is erosion?
The carrying away of sediment
What are intrusive and extrusive?
Two types of igneous rocks
marble
metamorphic rock
how long does it take for a sedimentary rock to form
thousands to millions of years
true or false rocks rocks are mixes of minerals
true
What is deposition?
The dropping of sediment in a new location
Type of rock to most likely contain fossils
sedimentary
limestone
sedimentary rock
how long dose it take for metamorphic rocks to form
millions of years
rocks help us find new mineral types true or false
true
name a type of sediments
lithogenous, hydrogenous, biogenous and cosmogenous
What is weathering, erosion, compaction, and cementation?
How a sedimentary rock form
sand stone
sedimentary rock
how do igneous rocks form
magma cooling
rocks cover 70% of the earth true or false
false the answer is 65%
What is erosion?
The destructive process which removes land
What is heat and pressure?
How a metamorphic rock forms
granite
igneous rock
is obsidian rock or mineral
rock
rocks help us find the future of the earth
false the answer is the past
What are wind, water, glacier, and gravity?
Agents of erosion
what is the strongest type of igneous rocks
Diabase
gneiss
metamorphic rock
how dose metamorphic rocks form
heat and pressure
diamond is a rock true or false
false diamonds are minerals