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Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Rock Cycle
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What is sedimentary rock
A Rock formed from grains of Rock and high pressure or heat.
100
What is igneous rock
A Rock made from cooled lava or magma
100
What is metamorphic rock
A combination of many rocks, melted into one
100
What is the Rock cycle
The forming of rocks
100
What is magma
Melted Rock beneath the earth's surface
200
What are some characteristics of sedimentary rock
Very loose, very gravely, and can break easily
200
When does igneous rock start turning into sedimentary rock
When it reaches the surface and weathering and erosion begins
200
After being melted, what Rock will be formed
Igneous rock
200
True of false: the Rock cycle never ends
True
200
How are volcanoes formed
When tectonics plate move
300
Examples of sedimentary rocks
What is limestone and sandstone.
300
Double Jeopardy: what is the difference between charcoal and rock
Charcoal has absorbed all light and hasn't been pressured tightly. Diamonds have no light observed and have been compacted greatly
300
Name one common example of a metamorphic rock
Marble
300
What begins and ends the Rock cycle
Metamorphic rock
300
What is magma over the Earth's surface
Lava
400
where is a place you can go where you can find lots of sedimentary rock
The beach
400
What does ignis mean
Fire
400
What tempature must be reached to create metamorphic Rock (we have not been taught that, so if you get this right, it is a triple jeopardy)
Between 150 degrees and 200 degrees Celcius
400
Name the order of rocks formed while in the process of the Rock cycle
Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
400
True or false: all Rock was NOT melted
False
500
Double Jeopardy: how is a diamond formed
When carbon is pressured and melted until shiny and hars
500
What are examples of igneous rocks (name at least one, and if you can name all three examples, it is a double jeopardy)
Pumice, granite, basalt
500
What causes metamorphic Rock to melt
Heat and pressure
500
True or false: this process takes hundreds of years
False: this process takes thousands of years
500
What type of Rock is Basalt
Igneous