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3 Types of Rock
Processes
Vocabulary and More
Characteristics
Random Questions
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Name the three types of rock.
What is igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock?
100
Years of wind, water and ice break down rocks into sediments in this process
What is weathering?
100
This is what we call hot, molten rock under the Earth's surface
What is magma?
100
A rock's hardness is identified using this scale
What is Mohs scale?
100
Mount Rushmore is carved into this type of rock
What is igneous or granite?
200
This type of rock is formed when a rock is changed through heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
200
This is a key to identifying sedimentary rock
What are layers?
200
Once magma breaks through the Earth's surface it becomes known as this
What is lava?
200
This is the characteristic of a rock with the imprints of past organisms.
What is fossils?
200
This is what is done to remove rocks and minerals from the Earth
What is mining?
300
This type of rock forms when magma cools and hardens.
What is igneous rock?
300
This is required to change any rock into a metamorphic rock.
What is intense heat and pressure?
300
These are the building blocks of rocks
What are minerals?
300
This mineral has a hardness of 10 on Mohs scale
What is diamond?
300
Sandstone is an example of this kind of rock
What is sedimentary ?
400
When sand, shells, pebbles, and other fragments form layers that solidify, this rock is formed.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
This is the process in which sediments are carried away and deposited in a new location
What is erosion?
400
This is the study of Earth materials
What is geology?
400
Color, hardness, shape, magnetism, luster... rocks can be identified by these
What is properties of rocks?
400
This is an example of a rock with a magnetic property
What is magnetite?
500
Granite is an example of this kind of rock
igneous
500
True or False- The rock cycle is a continuous process
What is true?
500
One use of rocks that can be found in the kitchen of modern houses
What are countertops?
500
North Carolina is home to many of these pretty rocks that are used in jewelry
What are gemstones?
500
These are the 3 geographical regions of North Carolina
What are the Mountain, Piedmont and Coastal Plain?