What is the original rock?
What is the Parent rock
What causes rocks to go back to magma?
Melting
What is the process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces?
What is Weathering
What are the 2 categories that metamorphic rocks are broken into?
What are 2 ways that weathering can occur?
What is rain, ice, wind
In layers of rock, which layer will be the oldest?
Bottom
True/False: Any rock can become a metamorphic rock with heat and pressure?
What is true.
What type of rock could contain fossils?
BONUS:
Are fossils considered organic or inorganic
Sedimentary
Organic (once was living)
What is the difference between Weathering and Erosion?
Erosion = moving material Weathering = breaks down rocks
What type of metamorphic rock has minerals that are lined up in layers or bands?
What is Foliated
The process where sediments are squeezed together to create a sedimentary rock?
What is Compaction + Cementation
What type of igneous rock will be course grained?
What is Intrusive.
Give an example of a metamorphic rock.
What is Gneiss, Marble