Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Cycle
Identification
100
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely made from this type of molten rock
What is magma?
100
Remains or evidence of a living thing
What is Fossils ?
100
These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks
What are sedimentary and igneous rock?
100
Name the three categories that all rocks can be put into
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
100
A fine-grained igneous rock that is usually black in color
What is Basalt?
200
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these
What is a volcano?
200
Small pieces of rocks, shells, or the remains of plants and animals that have been carried along and deposited by wind, water, or ice
What is Sediments?
200
These two processes are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
What are heat and pressure?
200
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
What is rock cycle?
200
Greek word for Fire.
What is Igneous?
300
Lava cools quickly and forms rock with small crystals
What is Extrusive igneous rocks?
300
_________ are very common Sedimentary rocks.
What is Sandstones?
300
Gneiss, slate, marble, schist, and quartzite.
What is metamorphic rock?
300
This is the process that igneous rock undergo after a volcanic eruption
What is cooling and hardening?
300
Light,coarse and soft metamorphic rock
What is Marble?
400
slowly cools and forms as large crystals, deep under the earth's surface
What is Intrusive igneous rock?
400
A sedimentary rock that is made from once living things.
What is an organic rock?
400
The layering within metamorphic rocks is called _______.
What is Foliation?
400
This breaking down of rock into smaller pieces due to wind, water and pressure
What is weathering?
400
Black, burns with tarry smoke sedimentary rock
What is Coal?
500
______ is the most common type of igneous rock.
What is basalt?
500
Some sediments are glued together by minerals dissolved in water.
What is cementing?
500
Heat and pressure, wind, water and temperature are the factors that affect
What is metamorphism?
500
This is how rocks on the surface get pushed into the Earth's core
What is pressure?
500
The science and study of the solid Earth and the processes by which it is shaped and changed.
What is Geology?