These are rocks that can become metamorphic rocks.
What are sedimentary, igneous, and most metamorphic 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
What happens in terms of the crystal structure when the lava cools faster?
What is: finer crystals?
200
Besides compaction, what is another process which causes sedimentary rocks to form?
What is cementation?
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
What happens to the crystal size when the lava cools more slowly?
What is: Larger crystal size?
300
Define erosion
What is: Erosion is the breakdown of rocks into smaller fragments due to forces such as water sweeping the rocks?
300
Which principle is followed (hint: the first word is conservation) when metamorphic rocks are formed from other types of rocks such as sedimentary and igneous.
What is Conservation of Matter?
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
What is the difference between basaltic magma and granitic magma?
What is:Granitic magma has 70% silicate content, and basaltic magma has 50% silicate content?
400
Which canyon in America has an extensive amount of sedimentary rock?
What is the Grand Canyon?
400
Which type of rock (sedimentary or metamorphic) forms a metamorphic more easily? Why?
What is: Sedimentary rocks because igneous rocks are more brittle and sedimentary rocks break down more easily under pressure or heat?
400
If cooling takes place, what type of rock is likely to form?
What is igneous rock due to the solidification of lava?
400
Sedimentary rocks get there name from this, the substance they are made of.
What is sediment?
500
Where is basaltic lava commonly produced?
What are Hawaiian volcanoes?
500
In a canyon formation, where are the younger rocks located?
What are: the top layers?
500
If a different kind of metamorphic rock is formed a metamorphic rock, what are possible forms of evidence?
What is color change or crystal size?
500
This is how rocks on the surface get pushed into the Earth's core.
What is pressure?
500
Foliated metamorphic rocks get there name for the latin word folia meaning what?