Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks can be found around or in these.
What is a volcano?
Sedimentary rocks begins as small pieces called this:
What is sediment?
These two things are required for a metamorphic rock to form.
What are heat and pressure?
This type of rock means "resulting from or produced from fire."
What is Igneous?
What are igneous rocks made from?
What is magma (or molten rock)?
What is the *breaking down and *movement of sediment called? (Hint: W and E)
What are Weathering and Erosion?
How long does it take for metamorphic rocks to form?
Millions of years
Sedimentary rocks get their name from this, the substance they are made of.
What is sediment?
Igneous rocks are classified into these two types:
What is intrusive and extrusive?
What do the two C's stand for in WEDCC?
Compaction and Cementation (also known as "lithification")
These are the two categories that metamorphic rocks can be put into:
What are foliated and non-foliated?
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering and erosion.
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"?
Name a light-colored intrusive igneous rock with minerals and crystals:
What is granite?
Name 2 types of organic sedimentary rocks made from the remains of animals that lived in the water:
What is limestone, chalk, or coquina?
Name a non-foliated metamorphic rock that is used for buildings and statues:
What is marble?
A circulating current of magma in the mantle that moves molten rock.
What is a convection current?
Name two extrusive igneous rocks:
What is basalt, obsidian, or pumice?
Name a foliated metamorphic rock that forms from shale (a sedimentary rock):
What is slate?
A model that explains how one type of rock changes to another type of rock through geologic processes.
What is the Rock Cycle?