rock types
What type of rock forms from cooled lava or magma? (
(Igneous)
What are the 5 characteristics of a mineral?
Solid, naturally made, inorganic, definite formula, crystal structure)
What is weathering?
Breaking down rocks)
What layer moves plates?
(Asthenosphere)
What kind of rock may have fossils?
(Sedimentary)
What are the 3 main rock types?
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic)
What’s the difference between rocks and minerals?
(Rocks = 1+ minerals, Minerals = pure)
What is erosion?
(Moving sediment)
Where do igneous rocks form most?
Near volcanoes
Which rock has visible bands/layers from pressure?
(Foliated Metamorphic)
How does sedimentary rock form?
Sediment pressed + cemented)
What does "inorganic" mean?
(Not from living things)
What process drops sediment in a new place?
Deposition)
What happens at subduction zones?
(Plates melt, make magma)
What type of rock has large crystals and formed underground?
(Intrusive Igneous)
How does metamorphic rock form? (
(Heat and pressure)
What’s the structure inside a mineral called?
Crystal structure)
What is compaction?
Sediment gets squished)
how do mountains affect the rock cycle?
(Create metamorphic rocks)
Which rock looks glassy and cooled fast?
Extrusive Igneous)
How are rocks recycled in the rock cycle? (
(They melt, get buried, eroded, etc.)
Name 3 types of sedimentary rocks.
(Clastic, chemical, organic)
What turns magma into rock? (
(Cooling)
How do plate movements change rocks?
They cause heat, pressure, melting)
Which rock looks smooshed but no bands?
Non-foliated Metamorphic)