Ignorant Igneous
This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
tiny pieces of rock, sand, shells, etc. is called what
What is sediment?
metamorphic rocks can be made from ____________, _______________, or _______________________ rocks.
What is sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous.
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
What is sedimentary rocks.
This law states that the older layers in a rock are found at the bottom while the younger layers are at the top.
Law of Superposition
This type of variable in an experiment can be manipulated and changed.
Independent Variable
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
These two words that start with the letter "C" are what help turn sediments to sedimentary rocks.
What are compaction and cementation?
This is a popular metamorphic rock used in homes. (
Marble
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
The earth is approximately how old?
4.6 billions years
This scientist studies rocks.
Geologist
Igneous rocks are categorized as _________ or _________, depending on where the molten rock cooled.
What are extrusive and intrusive.
This moves and carries broken down rock sediments.
Erosion
These two things can make a rock turn metamorphic.
Heat and Pressure
The processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and eroding?
This type of dating will give you an exact age and/or a numerical value.
Absolute dating
True or False: Sedimentary rock cannot become igneous rock.
False
__________ igneous rocks have larger crystals than the other kind of igneous rocks.
What is intrusive?
This is when sediments settle in their final place.
Deposition
This type of tectonic boundary can cause metamorphic rock to form.
Subduction Zone
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
This compares objects to other objects in its surroundings.
Relative Dating
This is the name of the river that cut out the grand canyon.
Colorado River
Granite is this type of igneous rock.
Intrusive Igneous
This process is when sediments harden into rock
Lithification
This type of metamorphic rock is said to be the most kind.
Gneiss
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under ground to melt they turn into__________
What is magma?
This fossilized organism is a trace fossil and used to date rock layers around the world.
Trilobite
The theory that all rocks are just broken down and made into new rocks is known as this.
What is the rock cycle.