Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Cycle
100
I determine all the physical and chemical properties of minerals.
What is atomic arrangement?
100
The environment where lava forms
What is extrusive or volcanic?
100
Sedimentary rocks are the only type of rock to contain this..
What are fossils, or evidence of life?
100
The two types of metamorphism
What is contact and regional?
100
In order for magma to become igneous rock it does this
What is solidify (or solidification)?
200
I am the most abundant element in Earth's crust and found in many common minerals.
What is oxygen?
200
Though I am a felsic rock, I often appear black in color
What is obsidian?
200
I am a sedimentary rock may contain shells
What is limestone?
200
The type of texture that shows platey layers
What is foliation?
200
Rocks that have undergone weathering and erosion become this
What is sediment?
300
I am a mineral with a salty taste and you may have used me recently to melt some snow.
What is Halite?
300
I am the texture that describes the holes that sometimes form in lava as it quickly cools
What is vesicular gas pockets?
300
I am sometimes confused for another rock, but I contain pieces of rocks that are more angular
What is breccia?
300
The rock that has thick wavy bands thick wavy bands
What is Gneiss?
300
Sediments that melt become this material
What is magma?
400
I am the mineral inside of slate.
What is mica?
400
The main difference between granite and pegmatite
What is crystal size?
400
My texture usually describes a sedimentary rock that forms in water.
What is crystalline or chemical
400
The composition of Anthracite coal
What is carbon?
400
Sediments that deposit, are buried, compact, and cement together form what?
What is sedimentary rock?
500
I give Dunite its greenish color.
What is Olivine?
500
I am the main rock in the ocean crust
What is basalt?
500
Many fossils have been found within my layers - name this rock.
What is shale?
500
The parent rock of Schist
What is Phyllite?
500
Under heat and pressure this is what happens to a metamorphic rock
What is become a metamorphic rock