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Can you dig it?
How's it made
It Means.....
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Bits and Pieces
100
Hot liquid that erupts onto the Earth's surface.
Lava
100
In the rock cycle what type rock forms when magma cools?
igneous rock
100
The process in which water, wind, and heat break down rock.
weathering
100

What type of rock results from a metamorphic rock that melts? 

Igneous rocks

100

Wind, water, rain, and freezing temperatures make __________ happen

weathering!

200
Naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter.
Rock
200
Process by which new rock is made.
Rock Cycle
200

What is the only type of rock that contains fossils?

sedimentary

200
Buried rock is exposed at Earth's surface by a combination of which 2 processes?
uplift and erosion
200

sedimentery rocks form when _________ rocks are weathered and eroded

ANY OTHER KIND OF ROCK!

300
Intrusive igneous rock is formed where?
Below Earth's surface.
300
Process by which sediment is removed from its source.
erosion
300

What is at least ONE feature of sedimentary rock?

1) separate grains or chunks that makeup the rock

2) usually flat layers 

3) sometimes have fossils

300
Magma does not form if there is an (increase, decrease) in pressure in rock.
increase
300

moving water can do both _________ and ________

weathering and erosion

400

Process in which material is laid down and settles.

deposition

400
Rock that forms when texture and composition of pre-existing rock changes due to heat and presure.
metamorphic rock
400
Name 3 main classifications of rocks.
Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
400
Metamorphism occurs when there is an increase of what 2 things?
temperature, pressure
400

___________ is the movement of rock particles and sediment

erosion

500

How sedimentary rock turns into metamorphic rock

heat & pressure

500
Sedimentary rock forms through what process?
cementation
500

Why don't the other rock types get fossils?

Heat + pressure = destroyed fossils!

500

When Magma rock cools quickly what happens to the crystals?  

their size changes (it gets smaller)

500

Weathering is when rocks are _____________ 

broken apart into smaller pieces