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Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
The Rock Cycle
Relative Age
100
These form as the rock cools
What are mineral crystals?
100
form when layers of materials and rock particles settle on top of each layer, then harden or use the process of cementation
What is sedimentary rock?
100
means to change
What is morph?
100
This happens to all three rock types to become igneous rock
What is melting and cooling?
100

The law that states in undisturbed rock layers older rocks are on the bottom and younger rocks are on top.

What is the Law of Superposition.

200
two examples of igneous rocks
What are basalt, pumice, and granite?
200
the small bits and pieces or minerals and rocks that are cemented after pressure is applied.
What is sediment?
200
high heat and severe pressure squeeze solid rock to form...
What is metamorphic rock?
200
This must happen in order for rocks to become metamorphic rock
What is heat and pressure?
200

The youngest rocks are near

The top of the rock layers.

300
Islands are formed from this example of igneous rock
What is basalt?
300
two examples of sedimentary rock
What are conglomerate, limestone, and sandstone?
300
two examples of metamorphic rock
What are quartzite, marble, gneiss, and slate?
300
This must happen in order for rocks to become sedimentary rock (name all 5 terms to earn points)
What is weathering, erosion, deposition, transportation, and cementation?
300

Fossils that are widely spread across different areas and lived a short time are known as _______?

Index fossils

400
All igneous rocks are formed when this cools and hardens
What is magma or lava?
400
you can see "these" when examining sedimentary rock
What are layers?
400
two rock types that can be turned into metamorphic rocks
What are igneous rock and sedimentary rocks?
400
There are two types of igneous rock that result b/c of the rock cycle...some igneous rocks form inside the earth are called (1) _________ and some rocks form outside the earth are called (2) ___________
What are (1) intrusive and (2) extrusive?
400
Two types of igneous rock formations in the layers of the rock are ______ and ______. 
What are intrusion and extrusion?
500
Large mineral crystals form when the rock cools _____ and small mineral crystals from when the rocks cools______
What is: large crystals form when the rock cools quickly small crystals form when the rock cools slowly?
500
Sedimentary rock is where you will find these remains of past plants and animals
What are fossils?
500
a metamorphic rock that undergoes melting and cooling will turn into
What is an igneous rock?
500
This forms as a result of weathering and erosion
What is sediment?
500

The surface where new rock layers meet a much older surface beneath them.

Unconformity