Vocabulary
What do we call the naturally occurring “ingredients” of rocks?
What are minerals?
Igneous rocks form when ____________ cools.
What is Magma or Lava?
Rocks formed from layers of sediments are called ____________.
What are sedimentary rocks?
Salt on fries — mineral or not a mineral?
A Hershey bar — pure substance or mixture?
Breaking rocks into smaller pieces is called ____________.
What is Weathering?
Sedimentary rock changes into metamorphic rock by ____________ and ____________.
What is heat and pressure?
Which type of rock often has fossils?
What is sedimentary rocks?
Sand → ____________ (which sedimentary rock does sand form?)
Trail mix — pure substance or mixture?
What is mixture?
When sediments are dropped in a new place, the process is called ____________.
What is deposition?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Metamorphic rock becomes igneous when it ____________ into magma and then ____________.
What is melts then cools?
Igneous rocks that cool slowly underground are called ____________.
What is Intrusive Igneous Rock?
Limestone → ____________ (which metamorphic rock does it form?)
What is marble?
Which physical property is usually noticed first when identifying rocks?
What do we call rocks that change form due to heat and pressure?
What is Metamorphic rocks?
What do we call the tiny pieces of rock created by weathering and erosion?
What are Sediments?
Which type of rock is formed by volcanoes?
What is Igneous Rock?
Example of intrusive igneous rock with large crystals. (Hint: think of a countertop)
What is Granite?
A rock is shiny and has bands of color. What type of rock is it most likely?
What is Metaphoric?
True or False: Erosion and weathering are the same thing.
False (Weathering = breaking down; Erosion = moving pieces)
What process changes magma into igneous rock?
What is cooling?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Name two examples of metamorphic rocks.
Marble, Slate, Gneiss
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Example of extrusive igneous rock with small crystals.
What is Basalt?
What are the three main types of rocks in the rock cycle?
What are Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic?