Igneous
Types of Rocks
Vocab
The Rock Cycle
100
This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
100
Process needed to create igneous rock
melting and cooling
100
The process of breaking down rock into sediment
weathering
100
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
What is sedimentary rocks.
200
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
200
Process needed to create sedimentary rock
What are compaction and cementation?
200
The process of sediment being glued or welded together to form a rock
Cementation
200
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
300
Igneous rocks are categorized as _________ or _________, depending on where the molten rock cooled.
What are extrusive and intrusive.
300
Process needed to create metamorphic rock
heat and pressure
300
Weathering, erosion, and deposition that helps break down to form new rocks
Surface events
300
The first step in the processes that turns metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and eroding?
400
__________ igneous rocks are formed underground due to the slow cooling of magma
What is intrusive?
400
What type of rock does the rock cycle begin with?
Any type! There is no set start because it is a cycle
400
Volcanic activity, molten rock, and plate movements that helps form new rocks
Subsurface events
400
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
500
This type of rock is also known as "volcanic glass" 
.
What is obsidian?
500
What type of rock are fossils found in?
sedimentary rocks
500
The process of sediment being squeezed together
Compaction
500
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?