Basic Vocab
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Identification
100
A type of Igneous Rock formed inside the earth
What is intrusive
100
A word derived from the Latin term for "comes from fire"
What is Igneous
100
A type of rock that is a combination of many others, deposited through weather and erosion.
What is sedimentary rocks.
100
The word for "going through transportation."
What is Metamorphic
100
An extrusive, granitic Igneous Rock.
What is Obsidian
200
A parallel, flattened texture to Metamorphic rocks
What is Folliated
200
The igneous texture with smaller grains.
What is Aphaneritic
200
A type of sedimentary rock made up of other rocks.
What is detrital
200
The two factors of metamorphism.
What are temperature and pressure
200
A detrital Sedimentary Rock with large chunks of other rocks and varied colors.
What is Conglomerate
300
The three types of sedimentary rocks.
What are Detrital, Chemical, and Organic
300
The way Igneous rocks form
What is Crystallization
300
The feature of having layers found in most sedimentary rocks
What is stratification
300
The original rocks before Metamorphism
What are parent rocks
300
A foliated, Metamorphic Rock, with a parent rock of Granite
What is Gneiss
400
An attribute of Igneous Rocks, full of air holes
What is Vesticular
400
The texture Intrusive Igneous rocks have
What is Phaneritic
400
The filling of holes in Sedimentary Rocks
What is cementation
400
The lowest metamorphic texture grade, above Sedimentary Rock
What is Slate
400
A Biochemical Sedimentary Rock that comes from Fossils.
What is Fossiliferous Limestone
500
The three forms of Igneous composition.
What are Mafic, Felsic, and Andesitic.
500
Signs of Mafic composition.
What is high density, dark in color, high in Iron and Magnesium
500
The most common example of Knarst Topography
What are caves
500
The texture of Marble and Quartzite
What is Non-Foliated
500
A foliated Metamorphic Rock, with a Parent Rock of Shale
What is Slate