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Rocks
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Processes of the Rock Cycle
100

A mineral is naturally occurring, inorganic solid with what structure?

Crystal

100

Igneous rock is formed when what cools?

Magma or Lava

100

Sedimentary rock forms when what collects and hardens into new rock?

Sediment

100

Metamorphic rock is formed by what?

Heat and Pressure

100
Any type of rock can become what kind or kinds of rock?
What is any kind.
200

A rock is a solid mixture of one or more what?

Minerals

200

Rock that is made of magma that cools slowly beneath the Earth's surface is what?

Intrusive igneous rock
200

Sediment stacks up in layers that are ______________ together.

Cemented.

200
Metamorphic rock is formed by heat and what?
What is pressure.
200

What are the two main energy sources that power the Rock Cycle?

The sun and Earth's Interior

300

The chemical makeup of a rock is called what?

Composition

300
Magma that is pushed to the earth's surface is called what?
What is lava
300
Sedimentary rock often forms at the bottom of _____________ as it is depostited by rivers and streams.
What is lakes or seas.
300
Metamorphic rock can be formed only where on the Earth? Inside/outside/either
What is inside.
300
Grains of rock are removed from their source by what?
What is erosion.
400

The continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material is called what?

The rock cycle.

400
When magma cools slowly is forms __________ grained rocks.
What is coarse
400
Sediment is usually formed by ____________ and erosion.
What is weathering.
400

Where does the pressure come from that causes metamorphic rock to form?

The weight of the rock above it, and pressure from tectonic plate movement

400
Water, wind, heat and ice break down rocks by what process?
What is weathering.
500

Crystals grow as melted rock does what?

Cools

500
Lava cools at a faster/slower/the same rate as magma?
What is faster.
500
Sedimentary rocks that have the shape of once living things.
What are fossils.
500

What do foliated metamorphic rocks have?

Bands.

500
Water, ice, and wind drop newly formed sediments by what process?
What is deposition.