The broken pieces and fragments that make up sedimentary rocks.
What are CLASTS
100
Metamorphic rock that have parallel layers of flat and elongated minerals.
What ARE FOLIATED ROCKS
100
Any process that affects the structure or composition of a rock in a solid state as a result of changes in temperature, pressure, or the addition of chemical fluids.
What is METAMORPHISM
200
The series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock.
What is THE ROCK CYCLE
200
Molten rock that erupts on Earth's surface.
What is LAVA
200
Sedimentary rocks that are made up of broken pieces of minerals and rock fragments.
What are CLASTIC ROCKS
200
Metamorphic rocks that have mineral grains with a random, interlocking texture.
What ARE NON FOLIATED ROCKS
200
The process in which the weight from the layers of sediment forces out fluids and decreases the space between the grains.
What is COMPACTION
300
Rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water as rocks erode.
What is SEDIMENT
300
When volcanic material erupts and cools and crystallizes on Earth's surface. This type of rock do have crystals.
What is EXTRUSIVE ROCK
300
Sedimentary rocks that form when minerals crystallize directly from water.
What are CHEMICAL ROCKS
300
Magma comes in contact with existing rock, and its thermal energy and gases interact with surrounding rock, forming new metamorphic rock.
What is CONTACT METAMORPHISM
300
The step in the rock cycle where existing rock is broken down to create sediments.
What is WEATHERING AND/OR EROSION
400
The grain size and the way grains fit together in a rock.
What is TEXTURE
400
Igneous rock that forms as magma cools underground.
What is INTRUSIVE ROCK
400
Sedimentary rock that was formed by organisms or contains the remains of organisms. You find fossils in this type of rock.
What are BIOCHEMICAL ROCKS
400
The formation of metamorphic rock bodies that are hundreds of square kilometers in size.
What is REGIONAL METAMORPHISM
400
The step in the rock cycle that changes existing rock into metamorphic rocks.
What is EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES
500
Geologists call the fragments that make up a rock.
What are GRAINS
500
Rock that forms when lava cools too quickly to form crystals.
What is VOLCANIC GLASS
500
When minerals dissolved in water crystallize between sediment grains.
What is CEMENTATION
500
The permanent change in shape by bending and folding.
What is PLASTIC DEFORMATION
500
The step in the rock cycle that brings existing rock below Earth's surface up to the surface of the Earth so it can be weathered and eroded.