Metamorphic Rocks
Geologist dived rocks into three groups: metamorphic, sedimentary, and what other group?
Igneous
The world's largest sandy desert is located in Northern Africa. What's its name
Sahara
Much of the soil found in the prairies was carreid there from northern Canada by?
Glaciers
The Island of Madagascar is part of what continent.
Africa
Igenous is based on a Latin word that means what?
Fire
In the rock cycle metamorphic rocks become?
Igneous
The surface of the Gobi desert in China is mostly covered with what?
Stones
Prairies once covered 40% of the United States. What percent of North America's prairies still exist.
1%
How were the Florida Keys formed?
Coral Reefs
Which of the following is not an igneous rock: basalt, limeston, granite, or rhyolite?
limestone
What sedimentary rock can become metamorphic rock called marble??
Limestone
The Great Victoria and Great Sandy deserts are located on what continent?
Australia
Lands typically referred to as "prairie" (a French loan word) tend to be on what continent?
North America
What is the biggest island in the world?
Greenland
What are igneous rocks formed from?
Cooled magma
How are metamorphic rocks created?
Through extreme heat and pressure
The Kalahari Desert is located on what continent?
Africa
Prairie potholes are shallow depressions found in some regions of the prairies. What created them?
Glaciers
How were the islands of Hawaii formed?
Volcanoes
When igneous rock forms when magma is trapped deep inside the Earth.
Intrusive or plutonic
Soapstone is what type of rock?
Metamorphic
The Patagonian Desert is located on what continent?
South America
On the prairie, the plows bounced around, and the soil stuck to them. This problem was solved in 1837 by an Illinois blacksmith named ________. __________ who developed a steel moldboard plow that was stronger and cut the roots, making the fertile soils ready for farming.
John Deere
How were most oceanic islnds formed?
Volcanoes
Igneous rock is produced when magma exits and cools above (or very near) the Earth's surface.
Extrusive, or volcanic