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Igneous Is Bliss
Mr. Sandman
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
My Pet Rock Rock-o
Wild Card
100
The difference between lava and magma
What is lava is out of the Earth, magma is inside the Earth
100
The five processes involved in the creation of sedimentary rocks (in order)
What is erosion, weathering, transportation/deposition, compaction, cementation
100
Explain contact metamorphism
What is igneous intrusion alters rock immediately adjacent. Small scale.
100
A naturally occurring, solid mass of minerals or mineral-like substances
What is a rock
100
What is the world's second longest river?
What is the Nile
200
Rocks cooling in a magma chamber
What is INTRUSIVE igneous rocks
200
Type of sedimentary rock formed from fragments of fossilized shells or organic material
What is chemical sedimentary rock (also limestone)
200
Explain regional metamorphism
What is rocks altered over a large scale, such as mountain building.
200
The three types of rocks
What is sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
200
What continent has the coldest place on Earth?
What is Antarctica
300
Igneous rocks with fine-grained crystals formed how?
What is extrusive igneous rock - volcanic eruption
300
A rock that contains angular, gravel-sized grains
What is breccia
300
A metamorphic rock with banded texture is called what?
What is Foliated
300
The three groups of rocks are categorized by ________
What is how they formed
300
The largest crater on Earth is over 311 miles wide, partly located beneath Mexico. When did the impact occur?
What is 65 million years ago
400
An igneous rock made up primarily of lighter, less dense minerals
What is granitic
400
The only types of rocks that contain fossils
What is sedimentary
400
What kind of rock can become a metamorphic rock?
What is Sedimentary or Igneous
400
Two engergy sources that drive the rock cycle
What is Earth's interior, and the Sun
400
What is the name for the grouping of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean?
What is the ring of fire
500
An igneous rock that contains primarily magnesium and iron, and is more dense (often found in ocean crust)
What is basaltic
500
Type of sedimentary rock formed from weathered particles of rocks or minerals
What is clastic
500
Name the three agents of metamorphism (what drives it)
What is pressure, hydrothermal solutions, heat
500
Ripple marks on a rock indicate it was formed where?
What is near/under water
500
What is the name of the volcanic mountain range that spreads from Washington state to northern California?
What is the Cascades