Show:
Rock Cycle
Sedimentary Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Unit 1 & Unit 2
100
A rock that does not completely melt but changes in some way as a result of heat and pressure is
What is metamorphic rock?
100
The squeezing together of sediments through extreme pressure is known as
What is compaction?
100
Intrusive igneous rocks are ____. (fine or coarse grained)
What is coarse grained?
100
Metamorphic rocks start out as this type of rock
What is any type of rock?
100
The movement of a planet in an opposing direction across the sky
What is retrograde motion?
200
This type of rock forms from erupting volcanoes?
What is igneous rock?
200
Which of the following is MOST responsible for forming sedimentary rocks: Magma, flowing water, volcanoes, earthquakes
What is flowing water?
200
This type of Igneous rocks cool quickly on Earth’s surface.
What is extrusive rocks?
200
Metamorphic rocks have two different types of texture.
What is foliated and nonfoliated?
200
Arrange the following in correct order: New moon, Full moon, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter.
What is New moon, 1st quarter, full moon, and 3rd moon?
300
A rock that does not completely melt but changes in some way as a result of heat and pressure is
What is metamorphism
300
This process occurs when minerals crystallize or fill in the spaces between the loose particles of sediment.
What is cementation?
300
The process by which some minerals melt at low temperatures while other minerals remain solid is called
What is partial melting.
300
A large mass of rock changed by extreme pressure over a large area describes a process called
What is regional metamorphism
300
Nuclear (fusion/fission) is the process that splits a heavier nucleus into smaller nuclei.
What is fission?
400
Fossils and other clues to Earth’s past are commonly found in this type of rock
What is sedimentary rock
400
Sedimentary rocks made of inorganic sediments are called
What is clastic rocks?
400
As the water content in the magma increases, the melting point of the magma will
What is decreasing.
400
A rock that comes into contact with extremely hot magma and partially melts has undergone this process.
What is contact metamorphism
400
The earth's atmosphere is mainly composed of four of the following gases: oxygen, nitrogen, argon, helium, carbon dioxide, methane, and radon.
What are oxygen, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide?
500
This mineral is the most abundant compound found in magma?
What is silica?
500
This type of bedding or horizontal layering formed when inclined layers of sediment are carried forward across a surface
What is crossed bedding?
500
Basalt is considered as this type of igneous rock
What is extrusive igneous rock?
500
Characteristic flat, parallel layers or bands in rocks that are formed as rocks are squeezed by extreme pressure is
What is foliation?
500
Describe the motion of Earth around the sun? (Think of Kepler's 2nd law)
What is Earth's speed as it increases when it is closer to the sun and decreases when it is farther away form the sun?