A type of rock that appears to have been changed from its original form.
What is metamorphic?
100
These rocks are formed when molten rock cools and hardens.
What are igneous rocks?
100
This type of rock is most closely tied to erosion.
What is sedimentary rock?
100
Deposits of halite that penetrate vertically through rock strata.
What are salt dome?
100
This type of rock is light enough to float in water.
What is pumice?
200
These types of metamorphic rocks contain crystals in bands or parallel layers.
What is foliated?
200
Many young earth geologists think that the basement rocks created on the third day of creation were most likely this type of rock.
What is Igneous?
200
These types of rocks formed from bonded rock fragments or fossils that have been transported by water or wind or from precipitation of minerals from supersaturated water solutions.
What are sedimentary rocks?
200
This type of rock is so smooth and shiny that it is typically called volcanic glass.
What is obisidian?
200
A scientist who studies the classification and origin of all types of rocks.
Who is a petrologist?
300
Name the type of rock marble or quartzite are examples of.
What are nonfoliated metamorphic rocks?
300
This is the starting material for most versions of the rock cycle.
What is magma or igneous rock?
300
This type of rock is formed from the remains of living organisms.
What is organic sedimentary rock?
300
Fragments of rocks that fuse together to form a larger rock.
What are clasts?
300
The individual rock particles, crystals, and sometimes fossils that combine to give a rock its texture.
What are grains?
400
This type of metamorphism occurs when hydrothermal fluids cause changes to occur in rocks that they are in contact with.
What is chemical metamorphism?
400
The type of rock basalt or andesite are examples of.
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
400
This kind of rock is formed from minerals precipitated from the water.
What are nonclastic sedimentary rocks?
400
This law implies that the earth's matter can change in form but not in mass.
What is the Law of Conservation of Matter?
400
What limestone turns into after it has undergone metamorphosis.
What is marble?
500
The type of rock slate or gneiss are examples of.
What is foliated metamorphic rock?
500
The type of rock granite or gabbro are examples of.
What are intrusive igneous rocks.
500
Name the type of rock conglomerate or breccia are examples of.
What are clastic sedimentary rock?
500
The correct order sequence of rocks (slate, schist, and shale) changing from one type to another.
What is shale to slate to schist?
500
The step that should come between deposition and cementation in the formation of sedimentary rocks.