Parts of the Cycle
What is Weathering?
To wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to air or water.
What are Sedimentary Rocks?
Sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups and is formed by the deposition of the weathered remains of other rocks.
What is Obsidian Made of?
Obsidian is made by the rapid cooling of viscous lava
What is Metamorphic Rock?
Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock types.
What is Transportation?
The process of weathered rock being eroded.
What Type of Rock do Sedimentary Rocks Eventually Turn Into?
Metamorphic Rocks?
What are Igneous Rocks
Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types.
What is Marble?
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals.
What is Deposition?
Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform or land mass.
What is Sandstone?
A sedimentary rock consisting of sand or quartz grains cemented together.
What is Basalt?
Basalt is a dark, fine-grained volcanic rock that sometimes displays a columnar structure.
What is Gneiss?
Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock.
What is Lithification?
Lithification is the process in which sediments compact under pressure.
What is Limestone?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock which is often composed of the skeletal fragments of marine organisms
What is Granite?
Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.
What is Quartzite?
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.
What is Metamorphism?
Alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat.
What is Chert?
Chert is a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of crystals of quartz that are very small.
What is Gabbro?
Gabbro is a phaneritic, mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich magma.
What is Phyllite?
Phyllite is a type of foliated metamorphic rock created from slate that is further metamorphosed.