Igneous Rocks
Igneous Rocks form when what cools
What is Magma ?
Sedimentary rock forms when what collects and hardens into new rock
What is sediment?
Definition of Metamorphic
What is change
Buried rock is brought to the earth's surface by what
What is uplift?
a mineral is naturally formed solid matter with what structure?
What is Crystal?
Liquid rock found inside the earth is called what?
What is magma
Sediment stacks up in layers that are ______________ together.
What is cemented.
Metamorphic rocks are formed by Heat and what
What is Pressure
Grains of rock are removed from their source by what?
What is erosion.
A rock is a solid mixture of crystals of one or more what?
What are minerals?
Magma that is pushed to the earth's surface is called what?
What is lava
Sedimentary rock often forms at the bottom of _____________ as it is deposited by rivers and streams.
What is lakes or seas.
Metamorphic rock can be formed only where on the Earth? Inside/outside/either
Inside
Water, wind, heat and ice break down rocks by what process?
What is Weathering?
The chemical makeup of a rock is called what?
What is composition
When magma cools slowly is forms __________ grained rocks.
What is coarse
Sediment is usually formed by ____________ and erosion.
What is weathering.
Where does the pressure come from that causes metamorphic rock to form?
What is the weight of the rock above it.
What are the 3 types of Rocks ?
Igneous, Metamorphic , Sedimentary
The continual process by which new rock forms from old rock material is called what?
What is the rock Cycle
Lava cools at a faster/slower/the same rate as magma?
What is faster.
Sedimentary rocks that have the shape of once living things.
What are fossils.
What do foliated metamorphic rocks have?
What is bands.
Water, ice, and wind drop newly formed sediments by what process?
What is deposition ?
Crystals grow as melted rock does what?
As it cools down