What is dirt, clay, sand, silt, pebbles, animal and plant remains, sea shells, etc?
100
The definition of the word "metamorphism".
What is "to change" or "to change form?"
100
The disintegration (breaking down) of rock at the earth's surface.
What is weathering?
100
All of the factors of 18.
What is 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18?
200
This is molten rock within the mantle of the earth.
What is magma?
200
The first step of the process which forms sedimentary rocks. This is the step in which the sediments arrange into layers and are pushed down by pressure.
What is compaction?
200
True or false: Rocks may change multiple times in one rock cycle.
What is true?
200
The relocation of weathered sediments by wind or water.
What is erosion?
200
The one of the following states which does NOT border the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, or Florida?
What is Georgia?
300
This is molten rock that has reached the earth's crust.
What is lava?
300
The second step of the process which forms sedimentary rocks. This is the step in which water interacts with minerals to form a "superglue."
What is cementing?
300
What are the two forces that most often cause metamorphosis?
What are
heat and pressure?
300
These are the two types of weathering
What are mechanical and chemical?
300
The part of speech of the word "spilled" in this sentence:
The milk spilled everywhere.
What is a verb?
400
The result when magma cools so quickly that crystals do not have time to form.
What is glass?
400
True or false: Only 25% of the rocks we see on Earth are sedimentary rocks.
What is false? 75% of the rock outcroppings are sedimentary rocks.
400
One of the following is NOT a a type of metamorphism: regional, chemical, contact, or dynamic.
What is chemical?
400
The result of pebbles that have been exposed to weathering.
What is sand?
400
The number 0.9 as a fraction.
What is 9/10?
500
The names of two of the igneous rocks which were discussed in our booklet.
What is (obsidian, tuff, peridotite, gabbro, basalt, granite, or pumice)
500
Name two of the sedimentary rocks which were discussed in our booklet.
What is (coal, shale, conglomerate, sandstone, chalk, limestone, breccia?)
500
Name two of the metamorphic rocks which were discussed in our booklet.
What is (migamatite, mica schist, granite gneiss, slate, quartzite, hornfelz, or marble?)
500
The rock that results when limestone has been exposed to extreme heat and pressure.