Formation
What is the Rock Cycle?
Somewhere along these lines: The rock cycle is the process by which rocks of one kind change into rocks of another kind. ... Metamorphic rock is igneous or sedimentary rock that has been heated and squeezed. It can erode into sediment or melt into magma.
BONUS FORMATION- How are rocks formed?
Rocks are formed when lava or magma solidifies.
Based on the acid fizzing science experiment, would a metamorphic rock fizz?
Yes, marble is made of limestone, which contains calcium carbonate. This is a way you can tell marble from other metamorphic rocks.
Based on the acid fizzing experiment, would a igneous rock fizz?
No, it would not.
Based on the acid fizz experiment would a sedimentary rock fizz?
Yes. Sedimentary rocks include lots of calcium carbonate, especially limestone
What is the first step to a rocks formation?
Either Lava or Sediment
What is the most abundant mineral in the earth's crust?
Feldspars
What is the two most major kinds of metamorphism?
There are two major kinds of metamorphism: regional and contact. Regional metamorphism. Most metamorphic rocks are the result of regional metamorphism(also called dynamothermal metamorphism). These rocks were typically exposed to tectonic forces and associated high pressures and temperatures.
Where are Intrusive and Extrusive rocks formed?
An extrusive rock is formed on the surface, while intrusive is formed deep in the crust.
What are two types of sedimentary rocks?
Clastic ( breccia, conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, and shale are formed from mechanical weathering debris.) and Chemical (rock salt, iron ore, chert, flint, some dolomites, and some limestones, form when dissolved materials precipitate from solution.)
How do convection and plate tectonics have to do with the rock cycle?
Something along these lines: The driving force behind plate tectonics is convection in the mantle. Hot material near the Earth's core rises, and colder mantle rock sinks. ... At subduction zones, two tectonic plates meet and one slides beneath the other back into the mantle, the layer underneath the crust.
Approximately what percentage of the earth's crust oxygen or silicon? (You may choose either one.)
Oxegen- Somewhere around 46.6
Silicon- Somewhere around 27.7
How are Metamorphic Rocks created?
Somewhere around these lines: Metamorphic rocks are created by the physical or chemical alteration by heat and pressure of an existing igneous(formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava) or sedimentary(formed from the sand, stones, mud) material into a denser form.
How are Igneous rocks formed?
An igneous rock forms from the cooling and crystallization of magma or lava.
How do sedimentary rocks form?
Sedimentary rocks are formed when sediment is deposited out of air, ice, wind, gravity, or water flows carrying the particles in suspension. This sediment is often formed when weathering and erosion break down a rock into loose material in a source area.
Why is the rock cycle never ending?
Something along these lines: Rocks are constantly changing from one type to another in a never ending process known as the rock cycle.
What are the two most abundant elements in Earth’s crust?
Silicon and Oxygen
Where are Metamorphic Rocks most likely to be found?
The coastline of Brazil is made up of metamorphic rocks, also mountains are where we find metamorphic rocks. They are also located in deserts, underwater mountain ranges, and normal mountain ranges.
Where are Igneous rocks most likely to be found?
In northern Canada, much of the hard rock found is igneous rock.
Where are sedimentary rocks most likely to be found?
Sandstone-Desert Limestone- Rivers
Shale- Both of these
Name at least 3 processes that keep rocks in the rock cycle moving. (If you can name all 5, you get an additional 50 points.)
Any of these: weathering, erosion, compaction and cementation, metamorphism, or melting and crystallizing.
Fill in the blank: Minerals have ______ arranged into orderly structures called crystals.
Atoms
What is contact metamorphism?
Somewhere along these lines:When magma comes in contact with another type of rock, the high heat may form metamorphic rock near the point of contact.
What is the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks?
The main difference between these two is the crystal size intrusive rocks have a larger crystal/grain texture due to the slow cooling of magma below the earth surface which encourages the growth of larger crystals, while extrusive rocks, because of the rapid cooling at/above the earth's surface does the opposite.
Name three examples of sedimentary rock
Mudstone, Sandstone, Shale