Rock Cycle
Rock Properties
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Misc Rock
100
What is a series of processes in which one form of rock changes into another?
Rock Cycle
100
What are rocks made of?
minerals
100
What type of rock forms from cooling down magma?
Igneous
100
What type of rock is formed when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by dissolving in water?
Sedimentary
100
How can a sedimentary rock turn to an metamorphic rock?
Heat and Pressure
200
Weathering and erosion and compaction and cementation of sediments can change igneous rock into which type of rock?
Sedimentary
200
How many types of rocks are there?
Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic (3 types)
200
What type of igneous rock is formed when molten material cools underground?
Intrusive
200
Do larger sediments settle closer or further from the shore?
Closer
200
How can a metamorphic rock turn to an sedimentary rock?
Compaction/Cementation
300
Extreme heat and pressure can change sedimentary rocks into which type of rocks?
Metamorphic
300
What are most rocks used for?
Building/Construction
300
What type of igneous rock is formed when molten material or lava cools above ground at the Earth’s surface?
Extrusive
300
What are tiny rock fragments or materials that settle out of air or water called?
Sediments
300
How can a sedimentary rock turn to an igneous rock?
Melting/Cooling of molten rock
400
There is only one path in the rock cycle.
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
400
What are some physical properties of rocks?
Hardness, streak, luster, brittleness, color, size, crystal habit (shape), etc.
400
Granite forms underground as molten material cools, what type of igneous rock is it classified as?
Intrusive
400
What are the five steps by which sedimentary rocks form?
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation
400
Which two arrows represent the process in which weathering breaks rock into tiny pieces that deposit in layers and compact and cement together over millions of years?
T and V
500
How does a metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock?
Weathering/Erosion
500
What are some examples of weathering:
wind, water, plant roots, ice, etc.
500
List one type of Igneous Rock
Granite, Pumice, Obsidian
500
peepee
poopoo
500
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moan