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Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Sedimentary Rock
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The process that forms new rock form old rock?
What is the Rock Cycle
100
When magma cools and solidifies, it becomes
What is an igneous rock
100
Intense heat and pressure change rock into
What is a metamorphic rock
100
Grains of sediment on the ocean floor are compacted and cemented to form
What is sedimentary rock
100
The hot liquid that forms when rock partially or completely melts
What is magma
200
A solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter
What is a rock
200
Igneous rock that cools on the Earth's surface
What is an extrusive igneous rock
200
metamorphic rock in which mineral grains are arranged in bands
What is a foliated rock
200
Rocks made from animal or plant remains
What is organic sedimentary rock
200
The process by which new rock forms from old rock
What is rock cycle
300
The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock
What is weathering
300
Rock formed from magma that cools below the Earth's surface
What is intrusive igneous rock
300
What do we call metamorphic rocks in which mineral grains are not arranged in lines or layers? a. slate b. foliated c. nonfoliated d. gneiss
What is nonfoliated
300
The process in which sedimentary rocks are arranged in layers
What is stratification
300
On the Earth's surface, weathering and ______________ make rock fragments.
What is erosion
400
Moves sediment form one place to another
What is erosion
400
When magma cools and solidifies
How are igneous rocks formed?
400
The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
What is Convergent boundary?
400
Super-Continent existed 245 million years ago
What is Pangaea
400
Which of the following is not one of the three main classes of rock? a. igneous rock b. volcanic rock c. sedimentary rock d. metamorphic rock
What is a volcanic rock
500
When sediment is dropped and comes to rest
What is deposition
500
When magma cools,what does it forms?
What is an igneous rock
500
The layer that has a temperature that ranges from 1,000 C to 3,700 C
What is inner core
500
Fragments of rocks are called
What are sediments?
500
It is the property that Moh's scale measures
What is hardness?