Classifying Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Cycle
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Where do most Metamorphic rocks form?
Deep underground
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Which of the following is an igneous rock?
a. Marble 
b. basalt
c. gneiss
d. limestone
B. Basalt
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Which is NOT a sedimentary rock?
a. granite
b. conglomerate
c. sandstone
d. limestone
a. granite
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Slate is basically a denser, more compact version of
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a. granite
b. shale
c. marble
d. sandstone
b. shale
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What is the Rock Cycle?
The series of processes that change rock from one type to another
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The minerals that make up most of Earth's crust are called
Rock-Forming Minerals
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Igneous rocks may be similar in mineral composition (made of almost the same stuff) and yet will have very different ____________ to classify them
Textures
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What are the 3 groups of sedimentary rocks called?
Chemical Rock, Organic Rock, Clastic Rock
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Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel are in what category?
Foliated
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What forces inside the Earth help drive the rock cycle?
Heat and pressure from magma and the tectonic plates moving aginst each other
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A rock's texture is the
Look and feel of the rock
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True of False: Extrusive Rocks occur mostly underground.
If False: correct the underlined portion
False: Intrusive Rocks. they are "inside" the earth.
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What is the process in which dissolved materials crystallize and glue particles of sediment together is called
Cementation
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Metamorphic rocks are classified into two different categories based on how their grains are patterned. What are those two categories?
Foliated and Non-foliated
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What makes a rock fall under the categories of Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic?
How the rocks were formed
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What type of Sedimentary rock forms when rock fragments are squeezed together?
Clastic Rock
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What is the most common Extrusive Rock?
Basalt! it's used to make roads and other stuff
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List 2 steps in the creation process that creates sedimentary rock
Erosion, Deposition, compaction, cementation
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In the rock cycle,
magma and volcanic activity create what type of rock?
Water and wind grinding against stone and rocks create what type of rock?
When rocks move underground and become squishy, then the movement of the tectonic plates changes its shape. what type of rock is this?
1. Igneous
2. Sedimentary
3. Metamorphic
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BONUS DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
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What type of sedimentary rock is Coal?
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The igneous rock named Porphyry can be classified how by its crystals?
They have large crystals surrounded by smaller crystals
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What group of sedimentary rocks form when minerals dissolved in a solution crystallize on Earth's surface
Chemical
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Describe the process (in steps) of how a metamorphic rock can change into a sedimentary rock
Something along the line of. metamorphic rock eroded, erosion carries particles of sediment elsewhere through deposition, then they et compacted and cementation then occurs.
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list all of the steps in the process of creating sedimentary rock
erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation