Ignorant Igneous
This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
The tiny fragments of rock that form sedimentary rocks.
What is sediment?
These are the conditions that form a metamorphic rock
What are heat and pressure?
An igneous rock can only turn into this/these type(s) of rock.
what is metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary?
The movement of sediment by wind, water, gravity etc.
Erosion
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
The processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
These types of metamorphic rock have no banding on them
What are non-foliated
This is a diagram of rocks and the processes that create them
What is the rock cycle?
The dropping off of sediment to a new location.
Deposition
Igneous rocks are categorized as _________ or _________, depending on where the molten rock cooled.
What are extrusive and intrusive.
Sedimentary rocks are most often found in these two types of places.
What are rivers and mountains?
This trait is common but not constant for metamorphic rocks.
What is foliation or striping?
Observational studies require additional __________ to verify results of an investigation.
research
What must occur before erosion?
Weathering
The type of igneous rock formed is the result of where and how it __________
What is cooled?
This type of sedimentary rocks is formed when organic matter is slowly replaced with minerals
What is a fossil?
This metamorphic rock is commonly used in countertops
What is marble?
Divergent plate boundaries cause hot magma to _________ to the surface as plates push ______ forming mid ocean ridges made up of igneous rock.
rise, apart
Acid rain is an example of:
chemical weathering
The process that forms igneous rocks is called
What is solidification or crystalization?
This sedimentary rock makes up the bulk of Florida
What is Limestone?
This metamorphic rock was commonly used in chalk boards.
What is slate?
Florida beaches are formed because of: ___________ and _______________.
Deposition is what type of force? constructive or destructive?
Constructive