Rock Types
Formed from other existing rock
What is sedimentary rock?
3 Categories of Rock
What is Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic?
Break down of rocks
What is weathering?
Melting and Solidification
What is crystallization?
Intrusive & Extrusive Igneous Rock Formation
What is melting and cooling?
Limestone, Halite, and Flint
What are chemical sedimentary rocks?
2 Types of Igneous Rock
What is Intrusive and Extrusive?
Material washed into the sea or blown in by the wind
What are sediments?
Sedimentary rocks get their name from the substance is made of
What is Sedimentary Rock?
Metamorphic Rock Formation
What is heat and pressure?
Magma
What is Igneous Intrusive Rocks?
2 Types of Sedimentary Rocks
What are Clastic and Chemical?
A result of mechanical weathering then lithified by compaction and cement action
What is sedimentary organic rock?
Compaction
What is sedimentation of sediments?
Sediment Formation
What is weathering and erosion?
Characteristics of Igneous Intrusive Rock
What are large crystals that you can see without a microscope?
Two types of metamorphic rocks
What are foliated and non foliated?
When chemical precipitation that begins when water travels through rocks and dissolves some of the minerals
What is Sedimentary chemical rock?
Any form of accumulation such as leaves, plants, roots or any animal material
What is debris?
Erosion reworking and transportation of rocks components
What is Sedimentary Mechanical Rock?
Basalt
What is an igneous rock?
These types of rocks can become sediment by weathering
What is any type of rock?
Acidic ground water form in caves
What is Chemical Weathering?
These rocks usually contain only one mineral, crystals combines to form larger interlocking crystals
What is Nonfoliated metamorphic rock?
Metamorphism
What is heat and pressure?