Igneous
A hot molten rock that is underneath the Earth's surface.
What is magma
This is where most Sedimentary rocks are formed.
What is in water? (oceans, lakes, rivers)
Metamorphic means?
What is change
Sandstone
What is Sedimentary
Igneous rocks are formed when other rocks are changed through heat and pressure.
What is False
Igneous rock is formed by.
What is molten magma or laval cools and becomes hard?
Particles of rock, sand, soil, pebbles, and once living things.
What is sediment?
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
What is through heat and pressure.
Granite
What is Igneous
Lava is found underneath the Earth's surface.
What is False
3 types of intrusive igneous rock and their defining characteristic.
What granitoid= Coarse texture, Felsitic= Fine texture, porphyritic= areas of coarse and fine texture?
2 main methods of which sedimentary rock forms
What are compaction and cementation ?
Where are metamorphic rocks formed?
What is underneath the Earth's surface?
Gneiss
What is Metamorphic
Fossils are often found in Sedimentary rocks.
What is True
term meaning beneath Earth's surface. term mean at or above Earth's surface.
What is intrusive and extrusive
Name 2 examples of Sedimentary rock
What are Limestone, sandstone, shale, sandstone, coal, chalk, rock salt, etc...?
Yes or No... Metamorphic rocks are the hardest type of rock?
What is yes
Marble
What is Metamorphic
Metamorphic rocks from in water and usually have layers.
What is False
Give one defining characteristic for each of the 3 types of Igneous Rock. Basaltic= Granitic= Andesitic=
What is Basaltic= dense and dark colored Granitic= lower density and light colored Andesitic=composition in between basaltic and granitic
Sediment is moved by...
What is wind and water?
What types of rocks change into metamorphic rocks?
What is igneous and sedimentary?
Obsidian
What is igneous
Igneous rocks form when magma or lava cools and hardens.
What is True