What does it take to make rocks into metamorphic rocks?
What is heat and pressure?
100
Define the rock cycle.
What is a cycle that builds, destroys, and changes rocks in the crust?
100
What type of igneous rock would GRANITE be?
What is intrusive?
200
Igneous rock formed from magma is called what?
What is intrusive igneous rock?
200
How do sediments form?
What is weathering (breaks rocks into smaller pieces)?
200
What does it mean if a metamorphic rock is folliated?
What is minerals in bands or layers?
200
What type of rock forms from pieces of rock?
What is sedimentary rock?
200
What type of igneous rock would obsidian be?
What is extrusive?
300
Igneous rock formed lava is called what?
What is extrusive igneous rock?
300
What are the processes that move sediments from one place to another?
What is erosion and deposition?
300
What is the texture of metamorphic rock that doesn't have bands or stripes?
What is nonfolliated?
300
What are 3 ways that rocks can change form?
What is melting, cooling, heat and pressure, weather and erosion?
300
What type of sedimentary rock would COAL be?
What is organic?
400
Intrusive igneous rocks usually have what texture?
What is coarse grain?
400
How do sedimentary rocks form?
What is compacted and cemented?
400
What are some uses of metamorphic rocks?
What is statues, buildings, roofing, outdoor walkways, trim?
400
How do igneous rocks change into metamorphic rock?
What is heat and pressure?
400
What type of metamorphic rock would sandstone be?
What is clastic?
500
Extrusive igneous rocks usually have what texture?
What is fine grain?
500
What are the 3 types of sedimentary rocks?
What is clastic, organic, and chemical rocks?
500
Suppose great heat completely melts a certain rock, which hardens into a new rock. You might think that the new rock is metamorphic. But it isn't. Why not?
What is igneous rock, not metamorphic rock?
500
How do metamorphic rocks become sediments?
What is weathering and erosion?
500
What type of metamorphic rock (Foliated or non-folliated) would marble be?