Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these.
What is a volcano?
This is what sedimentary rocks start off as.
What is sediment?
Liquid rocks or minerals may be called _______
What is molten rock/ magma/ lava?
The movement of sediment downhill by moving water, wind, or ice.
What is transportation?
A rock that was sediment, then undergoes heat and pressure, then is melted and cools/ solidifies inside a volcano is this type of rock.
What is an igneous rock/ lava/ intrusive?
"Made from sediment" is the definition of what word?
What is sedimentary?
Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely made from this type of molten rock.
What is lava/ extrusive igneous rock?
The process of compaction and cementation is also known is this.
What is solidification or lithification?
Sandstone (sedimentary) must undergo this to become Quartzite.
What is heat and pressure/ metamorphism?
Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types.
What are intrusive and extrusive rocks?
What three types of sedimentary rocks are there?
What are organic, chemical, and clastic?
This is why metamorphic rock is great for building.
What is durable and strong/ dense/ compact/ resistance to weathering and erosion?
This rock is formed when clay goes under a lot of heat and pressure.
What is slate?
This type of igneous rock is made when magma comes out of the Earth.
What is extrusive/ lava/ Andesite/ Rhyolite/ Basalt/ Obsidian/ Scoria/ Pumice?
This type of rock is formed from dead trees and plants (also known as fossils) ?
What is organic sedimentary rock/ coal?
These are the two categories that metamorphic rocks can be put into.
What are foliated and nonfoliated?
This is how rocks on the surface get pushed into the Earth's mantle.
What is pressure/ plate tectonics/ subduction?
Foliated metamorphic rocks get their name for the latin word folia meaning what?
What is leaf?