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Rock Cycle
Types of Rocks
Glaciers
Weathering/Erosion
Random Questions
100
This type of rock is made from cooled lava.
What is the igneous rock?
100
Name one type of sedimentary rock.
What is sandstone, limestone, coquina....?
100
Glaciers are created when this is compacted by layers and layers.
What is snow?
100
When rock is broken down into smaller pieces it is called ___________.
What is sediment?
100
An example of an herbivore is ____________
What is ________. (teacher's discretion)
200
Layers and fossils could be considered common features for this type of rock
What is sedimentary rock?
200
Other than pumice, name one type of igneous rock.
What is granite, obsidian, basalt...?
200
This is the name of a long and narrow glacier that forms high up in the mountains.
What is a valley or alpine glacier
200
Two causes of weathering on a rock could be ________ or ________.
What is water, rain, wind, ice, temperatures, plants, animals?
200
Massachusetts sits on the __________________ plate.
What is the North American Plate?
300
To make a sedimentary rock, sediment needs to be _____ and ________ together.
What is compacted/pushed/pressurized and cemented?
300
Name one type of metamorphic rock.
What is marble, slate, gneiss....?
300
This factor causes a glacier to move.
What is gravity?
300
Sediment can be eroded down river and deposited at the base of the river to create this.
What is a delta, alluvial fan, or floodplain?
300
When an animal eats another living organism it only obtains this % of the energy. 
What is 10%?
400
Sedimentary rocks often form at the bottom of _____________.
What is an oceans, lakes, streams, estuaries (waterways).
400
This type of rock is formed from limestone.
What is marble?
400
This is a form of glacial deposition. It is created when a piece of ice is deposited and then melts.
What is a kettle lake?
400

The two categories of weathering are _________________ and ________________.

What is physical or chemical?
400
The first and last name of the man who thought of the Theory or Continental Drift was ___________.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
500
Name three factors that can turn one type of rock into metamorphic.
What is pressure, heat, or chemical changes.
500
Schist is this type of rock.
What is metamorphic?
500
This is a form of glacial deposition. It describes the sand and rock material that is picked up along the way and dropped.
What is glacial drift or till?
500
A massive boulder has a large crack in it. This is the likely cause of the crack.
What is ice or temperature change?
500
The name of the ranger in ecoMUVE was __________.
What is Susan or Ranger Susan?