Igneous
She Sediment what?
Metamorphic
The Rock Cycle
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100
This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
100
tiny pieces of rock, sand, shells, etc. is called what
What is sediment?
100
metamorphic rocks can be made from ____________, _______________, or _______________________ rocks.
What is sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous.
100
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
What is sedimentary rocks.
100
The theory that all rocks are just broken down and made into new rocks is known as what cycle.
What is the rock cycle.
200
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
200
The final 2 processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
200
THe lines/layers of a metamorphic rock look different than the lines of a sedimentary rock because
What is metamorphic rocks have wavy layers due to heat.
200
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
200
The study of rocks, their history and the processes that form and change them.
What is geology?
300
Igneous rocks are categorized as _________ or _________, depending on where the molten rock cooled.
What are extrusive and intrusive.
300
What is the difference between weathering, erosion and deposition?
what is, weathering breaks rock down, erosion carries it away and deposition drops the sediment off?
300
________________is the movement of minerals into layers or bands on a metamorphic rock?
What is foliation?
300
The two processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and eroding?
300
The oldest rocks on Earth are found in which layers
What are the bottom ones?
400
__________ igneous rocks have larger crystals than the other kind of igneous rocks.
What is intrusive?
400
This type of sedimentary rocks form when dead plants from millions of years ago mineralizes. We use it to heat homes
What is coal or organic sedimentary rock?
400
what are parent rocks.
rocks or minerals that are pushed together to make a new metamorphic rock?
400
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
400
A youngest rocks are laid on the ________
What is the top
500
This type of igneous rock texture is due to gas bubbles getting trapped when the lava cools
What is porous?
500
What is ice wedging and what is it responsible for?
What is when water expands and weathers rock?
500
Shale is the parent rock of this metamorphic rock.
What is slate?
500
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?
500
This type of sedimentary rock is formed when a body of marine water dissolves and the minerals left over form solid deposits.
What is rock salt OR rock gypsum?