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Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Rockin' Vocabulary
What is it?
100
What are sedimentary rocks made from?
sediment
100
What are metamorphic rocks?
Rocks that were once other kinds of rocks that have been "changed".
100
How is an igneous rock formed?
when magma cools it hardens to form an igneous rock
100
What do you call a person who studies rocks?
geologist
100
What type of rock is marble?
metamorphic
200
What is commonly found in sedimentary rock?
fossils, minerals
200
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
heat and pressure
200
Tell a fact about pumice.
filled with air holes floats used to decorate, in soap or for cleaning
200
When magma comes to the surface of the earth what is it called?
lava
200
What type of rock is basalt?
igneous
300
What is sediment?
bits of sand, rocks, shells and dirt
300
Marble is a metamorphic rock. What can you use marble for?
buildings, sculptures, floor tiles
300
What type of volcano was Mt. St. Helens? Composite or Shield?
Composite
300
What is erosion?
the wearing away of soil by wind or water
300
What type of rock is conglomerate?
sedimentary
400
What is a type of sedimentary rock?
shale, limestone, sandstone, conglomerate
400
What does shale become when heat and pressure occurs?
slate
400
What is one type of volcanic rock that is very common?
Granite
400
If a rock sparkles light off of it and isn't dull you refer to it as having ____________________.
luster
400
What type of rock would you find dinosaur footprints?
sedimentary
500
How did we make sedimentary rock at school?
We baked layered bars with cookie dough, chocolate chips, m & m's, white chocolate chips and baked them. They formed by layer upon layer over time.
500
What does slate become when heat and pressure occurs?
schist
500
Name the shiny, black volcanic rock
Obsidian
500
You determine the color of a rock by seeing if it leaves a _______________
streak
500
Rocks remind us of God's _______________
strength and power.