Rocks
What rock is formed from sediments
Mixture of minerals, organic matter, volcanic glass, and other materials
What is a rock?
Magma that reaches the Earth's surface and flows from volcanoes?
What is Lava.
Which of the following do not naturally occur in nature: sedimentary rock, igneous rock, metamorphic rock, cement?
What is cement.
Rocks formed from molten material
Bits of weathered rock, minerals, grains, plants, and animals that have been eroded
What are sediments?
The model that illustrates the processes that create and change rocks?
What is the Rock Cycle?
The chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances?
What is weathering.
Rocks formed by changes in heat and pressure OR in the presence of hot watery liquids
Process by which large sediments are glued together by dissolved minerals to form rock
What is cementation?
Process by which sediments are pressed together to form rock?
What is compaction.
Ignis is Latin for the word?
Fire. (igneous rock)
Dense, dark colored igneous rock
What is Basaltic?
Igneous rocks formed on or near the Earth's surface
Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations?
What is deposition.
An interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge?
What is to infer or inferring.
Naturalist who described the rock cycle
Who is James Hutton?
Igneous rocks that form below the Earth's surface
What is extrusive?
Layered metamorphic rocks?
What is foliated rock.
If you were going to build a fortress that is strong enough to withstand violent attacks what type of rock would you use?
What is igneous.