Rocks that are formed as a result of deposits from weathering and erosion.
What is Sedimentary rock?
100
The process where sediments are forced together by pressure.
What is Compaction?
100
The process where sediments are glued together by minerals.
What is Cementation?
100
This is something needed for contact metamorphism to occur.
What is heat?
200
A metamorphic rock formed from shale.
What is Slate?
200
This occurs when an agent of erosion—water, wind, ice, or gravity—loses energy and drops sediments (at the bottom of oceans, rivers or lakes).
What is Deposition?
200
The Latin word ‘ignis’ in English means this.
What is Fire?
200
Heat from Earth's interior provides energy for processes that form these types of rock.
What is igneous & metamorphic?
200
Rocks that form from cooling magma deep within Earth are classified as . . .
What is Intrusive Igneous Rocks?
300
A hard black extrusive igneous rock that makes shield volcanoes.
What is Basalt?
300
This is the texture of igneous rocks that cool very rapidly?
What is a glassy texture?
300
These processes are involved in the formation of sedimentary rocks from loose sediments?
What is Compaction & Cementation?
300
This involves the weathering and the removal of rock.
What is Erosion?
300
Glassy texture is caused by very _____ __________ (creates obsidian).
What is Rapid Cooling?
400
A Chemical sedimentary rock, also a fossil fuel created from plant deposits millions of years ago.
What is Coal?
400
What are the 3 main agents of metamorphism?
What is Heat, Pressure & Hydrothermal Solutions?
400
This shows the interrelationships among the three rock types (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) and is the process of one of any of these types of rock becoming another.
What is the "Rock Cycle"?
400
This texture is caused by different rates of cooling resulting in varied sized minerals.
What is Porphyritic?
400
The kind of metamorphism associated with mountain building where rocks are subjected to high temperature and pressure.
What is Regional Metamorphism?
500
A light frothy extrusive rock formed when lava cools so fast that it traps pockets or air inside.
What is Pumice?
500
Igneous rocks are classified by . . .
What is Composition & Texture?
500
The kind of metamorphism that occurs when rocks come into contact with a heat source such as magma and the rocks surrounding the heat source get cooked.
What is Contact Metamorphism?
500
A fossiliferous limestone would be classified as a _________ ____________ rock.
What is Biochemical Sedimentary rock?
500
Specific type of rock with parallel alignment of minerals that have been subjected to stress.