Liquid rocks or minerals may be called _______
What is molten rock?
A rock that was sediment, then went under pressure, then was melted down and crystalized or cooled inside a volcano is this type of rock.
What is a igneous rock?
Hot molten liquid beneath the Earth's surface
What is magma?
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely made from this type of molten rock.
What is magma?
The oldest layers of sediment are found where.
What is the bottom layer?
Sandstone (sedimentary) must go through his to become Quartzite(metamporphic).
What is heat and pressure?
The first 2 steps in making this type of rock is weathering and erosion.
What is sedimentary?
Igneous rock that forms under the ground
What is intrusive igneous rock?
Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types.
What are intrusive (basalt) and extrusive (granite) rocks?
The remains or traces of plants and animals that lived long ago.
What are fossils?
The starting rock can be igneous, sedimentary, or even another metamorphic rock.
What is metamorphic rock?
Rocks change by volcanoes, heat and pressure, and _____________________________.
What is by W,E,C,C?
This type of igneous rock are made when magma comes out of the Earth.
What is extrusive igneous rock?
Wind and water break down the earth, bits of earth settle in lakes and rivers, layers are formed and build up and pressure and time turn the layers to rock
The change from one form into another form that may be physical, chemical or both.
What is metamorphosis?
The process by which rocks of one kind change into rocks of another kind.
What is rock cycle?
Hottest layer of the Earth that is believed to be solid iron.
What is the inner core?