Types of Rocks
These are the three main types of rocks.
What are Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic Rocks?
This type of rock is formed when molton hot material cools and solidifies.
Igneous Rocks
This type of rock is formed from pieces of other existing rock or organic material.
Sedimentary rocks
These type of rocks are rocks that have been changed from their regular form by immense heat or pressure.
Metamorphic rocks
One of the youngest mountain ranges in North America that we talked about in class. (Erosion hasn't had a lot of time to work on them so their jagged peaks remain standing high)
The Tetons
When igneous rocks are formed inside the earth, they are called ______ or ______ igneous rocks
Intrusive or plutonic igneous rocks
Name at least 2 of the 3 types of sedimentary rocks.
Clastic, Organic, and Chemical (any two count)
These are the two classes of metamorphic rocks.
Foliated and nonfoliated
Name the "middle-aged" mountain range that we talked about in class or the "elderly mountain range we talked about in class.
The Rockies or the Appalachians
When igneous rocks are formed outside or on top of Earth's crust, they are called ________ or _______ igneous rocks.
Extrusive or volcanic igneous rocks
The forming of clastic and organic rocks begins with this. (The breaking down of rocks)
Weathering or Erosion
Name one type of metamorphic rock. (From the pictures in the slides)
Slate, Schist, Gneiss, Sphalerite Ore Rock, Jadeite, Garnet Amphibolite, Marble, Deformed Conglomerate, Aclogite (any one counts)