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Rocks & Minerals
Rock Cycle
Sedimentary Rocks &
Coral Reefs
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
100
What is a rock's mineral composition, color, and texture?
What do geologists observe when studying a rock?
100
What is the rock cycle?
What is a series of processes on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another?
100
What are coral animals skeletons?
What structures a coral reef?
100
What is basalt and what is the oceanic crust, shielding volcanoes, and lava plateaus?
What is the most common extrusive rock and what does that rock form?
100
What are the arrangement of grains that make up the rock?
What do geologist classify in a(n) metamorphic rock?
200
What is quartz, feldspar, hornesblende, and mica?
What are the four minerals granite is made up of?
200
What is to form magma?
How do plate movements help start the rock cycle?
200
What are clastic rocks, organic rocks, and chemical rocks?
What three major groups do geologists use to classify sedimentary rocks?
200
What are larger crystals?
What do intrusive rocks have, that extrusive rocks don't have?
200
What can arrange in parallel layers or bands?
What do metamorphic rocks do when they are foliated?
300
What is the size, shape, and pattern of the grains?
What three things did geologists use to describe a rock's texture?
300
What is volcanic activity, erosion, deposition, heat/pressure, and melting?
What are the five processes that happen during the rock cycle?
300
What is compaction and cementation?
What two things can change a sediment to limestone?
300
What is their origin, texture, and mineral composition?
How are igneous rocks classified?
300
What are flooring, roofing, outdoor walkways, chalkboards, and triming for stone buildings?
What uses can slate be used for?
400
What is shape and color?
What two things do geologists observe when trying to identify the minerals that the rock contains?
400
What is quartzite?
What metamorphic rock did granite turn into during those processes in the rock cycle?
400
What are building materials and tools?
What two main uses were sedimentary rocks used for?
400
What is cleaning and polishing?
What was the igneous rock pumice, used for?
400
What is white marble?
What type rock makes up the Lincoln Memorial?
500
What is a rock's origin?
When geoligist use color, texture, and mineral composition what can they classify in a rock?
500
What is faulting, folding, and other motions of the crust?
How can plate movements help form sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks?
500
What are limestone deposits?
What can help an geologist differ if there was warm tropical waters or not in an area?
500
What are a rock's crystals?
What do geologists study in an igneous rock to determine its mineral composition?
500
What is high heat and pressure?
What two important processes can change a rock into a metamorphic rock?