Igneous Rock
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?
metamorphic rocks can be made from ____________, _______________, or _______________________ rocks.
What is sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous.
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
What is sedimentary rocks.
What causes an earthquake?
Subduction Zones
Tectonic plates moving
The theory that all rocks are just broken down and made into new rocks is known as what cycle.
What is the rock cycle.
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
The final 2 processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
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.
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
the inner core of the earth is
solid iron and nickel
The different landforms like dunes and deltas are formed from which process?
deposition- the settling of sediment
Igneous rocks are formed when lava and magma cool. Name two Igneous Rocks.
Basalt and Granite
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?
How can I get a metamorphic rock from a sedimentary rock?
Heat and Pressure
The processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and eroding?
Fossils are found in which rock
Sedimentary
The oldest rocks on earth are found in which layers
What are the bottom ones?
A sedimentary rock can change into igneous rock by
Melting and cooling
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?
Where does a metamorphic rock form?
Under the surface of the Earth
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
Many kitchen counters are made of _____
Granite
The study of rocks, their history and the processes that form and change them.
What is geology?
Which type of molten rock will cool to form an igneous rock sub-surface (below the surface)?
Magma
What type of rock is formed when many different bits of rock are deposited over time and pressed?
Shale is the parent rock of this metamorphic rock.
What is slate?
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?
How do we calculate Density?
Mass divided by volume
What can change a scientific theory?
New evidence supported by many scientists