Igneous rocks
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these
Volcano
This is what sedimentary rocks start off as.
Sediment
These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks
Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
The three categories all rocks can be put into
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
This word means “resulting from or produced from fire”
Igneous
Liquid rocks or minerals may be called….
Magma
The movement of sediment is
Erosion
Theses two things are required for a metamorphic rock to form
Heat and Pressure
A rock that was sediment, then went under pressure, then was melted down and crystallized or cooled inside a volcano. What type of rock is this?
Ignore rock
Made from sediment is the definition of what word?
Sedimentary
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely made from this type of molten rock.
Magma
The process of compaction and cementaion is also know as this.
Lithification
Sandstone (sedimentary) must go through what to become Quartzite
Heat and pressure
Thes types of rocks can become sediments by weathering
Any type of rock
Metamorphic rocks get their name also from the Latin word morph, meaning what?
form or to change
Ignore rocks can be classified into two types
Intrusive and extrusive
What two types of sedimentary rocks are there
Limestone and chalk
This is why metamorphic rock is better for building
Durable and strong
This is formed when clay goes under a lot of heat and pressure
Slate
Sedimentary rocks get there name from this, the substance they are made of.
Sediment
This type of igneous rocks are made when magma comes out of the earth
Basalt
This type of rock is formed from dead trees and plants
Coal
These are two categories that metamorphic rocks can be put into
Foliated and nonfoliated
This is how rocks on the surface get pushed into the earths core
Pressure
Foliated metamorphic rocks get their name from that Latin word folia which means?
Leaf