Igneous Rocks
The three categories all rocks can be put into. (hint: the 3 types of rocks we are learning)
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
Weathered sediments are laid down in a new location helping create new landforms or rocks.
What is deposition?
molten rock that flows out of a volcano
What is lava?
Minerals glue the sediments to form new rock
What is cementation?
A rock that was formed through cooling and solidification of magma and lava?
What is an igneous rock?
"Made from sediment" is the definition of what word?
What is sedimentary?
The movement of sediments
What is erosion?
These are the two types of metamorphic rocks.
What are foliated and non-foliated?
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering.
What is any type of rock?
Metamorphic rocks get their name also from the latin word morph, meaning this.
What is "form" or "to change"?
Igneous rocks can be classified into these two types.
What are intrusive and extrusive rocks?
There are ______ types of sedimentary rocks.
What is 3?
The 2 ways rocks can metamorphosize
What is regional and contact metamorphism?
a model that describes how Earth's rocks change over time, transforming from one type to another.
What is the rock cycle?
Sedimentary rocks get their name from this, the substance they are made of.
What is sediment?
This type of igneous rock are made when magma comes OUT of the Earth.
What are extrusive rocks?
Formed from the remains of once-living organisms, like plants and animals.
What are organic sedimentary rocks?
These rocks are flattened and pushed into parallel layers.
What are foliated metamorphic rocks?
This is how an igneous rock can become a metamorphic rock
What is heat and pressure?
The process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces by natural forces like wind, water, ice, and plants.
What is weathering?