Rock Cycle
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Mixed topic
100
What is true about all rocks in the rock cycle?
They can all be made from other rocks.
100
If a crystal cools quickly the crystal size will be ....
small
100
Sedimentary rocks are changed to sediments by....
weathering and erosion
100
Metamorphic rocks are formed by ....
heat and pressure
100
How must rocks with large crystals be formed? What kind are they?
They must cool very slowly and be either igneous or metamorphic rocks.
200
How are rocks classified into their groups?
Rocks are classified based on the way they form.
200
Intrusive igneous rocks are made .....
below the surface
200
Sedimentary rocks formed from the remains of once living things are called
biochemical sedimentary rocks
200
Metamorphic rocks that alternate bands of minerals from light to dark are called
foliated
200
A rock can be made of made of...
minerals, organic materials, volcanic glass or other materials
300
Name the two processes that create sedimentary rock.
compaction and cementation
300
Igneous rocks made above the surface of the earth are made from ...
lava
300
This is the term for a rock fragment and also a method of classifying sedimentary rock.
clast
300
What process causes a rock to permanently change shape by bending or folding?
plastic deformation
300
You find a rock with shells in in. You know this must be what kind of rock and why?
sedimentary rock-igneous or metamorphic rock would have destroyed the biological remains.
400
Metamorphism of rock occurs above what temperature?
200 degrees Celcius
400
What is the name of this igneous rock? 
obsidian
400
This type of sedimentary rock will fizzle when exposed to acid.
limestone
400
What can cause contact metamorphism
volcanos
400
What can be determined by studying the shape of clastic grains?
How far they have been transported (the degree of their erosion tells a story about them!)
500
Name an igneous rock that cooled slowly.
Basalt
500
What volcano is currently erupting as we speak and where is it?
Mauna Loa on the big island of Hawaii.
500
The largest size of clastic sedimentary rock is...
conglomerate 
500
Name a metamorphic rock and the parent material that it comes from
soapstone-talc
quartzite-quartz
marble-calcite/dolomite
schist-mica, garnet, quartz, feldspar
phyllite-mica, quartz, clay
500
What can cause regional metamorphism
earthquakes or tectonic activity