Incredible Igneous
This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
tiny pieces of rock, sand, shells, etc. is called what
What is sediment?
Most beach sand is made from eroded and weathered_________.
Quartz
What are the layers of the earth called?
crust, mantle, and core
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
How do rocks make our lives easier?
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
Yes! The hot water dissolves minerals, and as the water cools, mineral crystals form.
How are Igneous rocks formed?
look in your notebooks to find the answer!
The theory that all rocks are just broken down and made into new rocks is known as what cycle.
What is the rock cycle.
___________ and ______________ create sedimentary rocks.
compaction and cementation/pressure
Name 3 of Canada's physiographic regions.
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?
How are rocks and minerals connected?
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
What is the temperature of the earth's core?
5000 degrees celsius!
What is the name of an Igneous rock?
Basalt
What is the term used to describe how shiny a rock is?
lustre
Name two minerals.
Iron, Salt, Maganese, Magnesium, Selenium, Potassium, etc.
The study of rocks, their history and the processes that form and change them.
What is geology?