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Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rock
Rock Cycle
Vocabulary
100
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these.
What is a volcano?
100
This is what sedimentary rocks start off as.
What is sediment?
100

These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.

What are sedimentary and igneous rocks?

100
The three categories all rocks can be put into.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
100
This word means "resulting from or produced from fire."
What is Igneous?
200

Liquid rocks outside of the ground may be called _______

What is lava?

200
The movement of sediment.
What is erosion?
200
These two things are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
What are heat and pressure?
200
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?
200
"Made from sediment" is the definition of what word?
What is sedimentary?
300

Rock that is found inside a volcano is most likely made from this type of molten rock.

What is magma?

300

Sedimentary rocks are known for their what...

What are layers?

300

Sandstone (sedimentary) must go through this to become Quartzite (metamorphic).

What is heat and pressure?

300
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering.
What is any type of rock?
300
Metamorphic rocks get their name also from the latin word morph, meaning this.
What is "form" or "to change"?
400

Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types.

What are fast cooling and slow cooling?

400

Sedimentary rock is sometimes compared to what dessert?

What is a layer cake?

400
This is why metamorphic rock is great for building.
What is durable and strong?
400

This is how rocks on the surface get pushed into the Earth's core.

What is pressure?

400
Sedimentary rocks get there name from this, the substance they are made of.
What is sediment?
500

This type of igneous rock is made when magma comes out of the Earth and cools quickly.

What is obsidian?

500
This type of rock is formed from dead trees and plants (also known as fossils) ?
What is coal?
500

Name 4 things about metamorphic rocks with documentation from your notebook.

What are...

500

Why is it called the rock cycle?

What is because it never ends, keeps going and doesn't have a true "starting point"?

500

The movement of what underground can cause heat and pressure and cause rocks to go through the rock cycle?

What are tectonic plates?