Weathering is a factor that causes rocks to break down. True or False?
What is True
100
"Igneous" comes from the Latin word for what?
What is fire
100
____________ sedimentary rock is made of fragments of other rocks and minerals.
What is clastic
100
"metamorphic" means "_______" and "_______"
What is changed and shape
100
________ rocks cool very quickly on the Earth's surface.
What is extrusive
200
The hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts.
What is magma
200
Granite is an example of a ______ grained igneous rock.
What is coarse
200
Wind, water, ice, sunlight, and gravity all cause rock to __________ into fragments.
What is weather
200
When heat and pressure are added to calcite, quartz, and hematite, they metamorphasize into what mineral?
What is garnet
200
The texture of a rock depends on the size of its crystals. True or False?
What is True
300
According to the rock cycle, any type of rock can become ____________, ____________, or ____________ rock.
What is sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic
300
_________ igneous rock forms from magma cooling beneath the Earth's surface.
What is intrusive
300
The 3 types of sedimentary rock are
What are clastic, chemical, and organic
300
__________ metamorphic rocks do not appear to have any regular pattern.
What is nonfoliated.
300
The most characteristic feature of sedimentary rock is ___________, or layering.
What is stratification
400
In the rock cycle, weathering, erosion, and deposition lead to ___________ and ____________.
What is compaction and cementation
400
How does cooling time of magma effect crystal size?
The longer the cooling time, the larger the crystals will be.
400
Chemical sedimentary rock forms from ___________ of minerals and water.
What are solutions
400
As ________ and _________ increase, rocks and minerals can change into other minerals.
What is heat and pressure
400
The minerals a rock is made of determine the ___________ of the rock.
What is composition
500
The __________ of a rock is determined by the sizes, shapes, and positions of the grains of which it is made.
What is texture
500
Rock can melt as a result of __________, __________, or __________.
What is temperature, pressure, composition
500
Fossiliferous limestone is an example of an __________ sedimentary rock.
What is organic
500
How do regional and contact metamorphism differ?
In contact metamorphism rock is heated due to contact with magma.
In regional metamorphism rock deep within the Earth is heated and squeezed due to the immense pressure.
500
Slate is a __________ metamorphic rock, containing flat minerals which form layers like the pages in a book.