ROCKS
This model shows how rocks continuously form and reform through this process.
What is the rock cycle?
There are two types of igneous rocks, they are ______and _______.
What are intrusive and extrusive?
This type of rock has changes due to temperature and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
_________ are loose materials and bits of shell that have been moved by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
What are sediments?
The most common rocks on Earth are _________ rocks.
What are igneous rocks?
Mount Rushmore is one of our country's most famous sculptured monuments carved in granite. Granite is a mixture of (Name at least 2)
What is feldspar, quartz, mica, hornblende, and other natural occurring materials.
What exactly is magma and where can it be found?
Magma is melted rock material composed of common elements and fluids. Magma can be found on the inside of a volcano.
True or False: In the presence of hot, water rich fluids, solid rock can change in mineral composition without having to melt.
What is true?
True or False: Sedimentary rock forms when sediments are pressed and cemented together , or when minerals form from solutions.
What is true?
Although _________ strongly resembles conglomerate,__________ is not a rock because it does not occur in nature.
What is concrete?
This scottish physician and naturalist first recognized in 1788 that rocks undergo profound changes over time. Geologists still use many of his techniques today.
Who is James Hutton?
This rock is formed at depth and surrounded by other rocks which causes it to cool very slowly.
What is igneous rock?
When mineral grains line up in parallel layers, the metamorphic rock is said to have a __________ texture.
What is foliated?
Erosion moves sediments to a new location, where they then are deposited. Here, layer upon layer of sediment builds up. Pressure from the upper layers pushes down on the lower layers. If the sediments are small, they can stick together and form solid rock. If the rocks are small this is called ____________ .
What is compaction?
All of the rocks on the planet and all of the rocks around you are doing this constantly.
What is completing or going through the rock cycle?
How is the rock cycle compatible with the water cycle?
It is continuous and ongoing. It does not have a beginning or an ending.
This type of igneous rock is formed as lava cools on the surface of the Earth.
What is extrusive rock?
Mr. Moore my science teacher told us that any parent rock type - igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary - can become metamorphic rock.
Mr. Moore is _________
What is correct?
_______ occurs when minerals such as quartz, calcite, and hematite act as natural cements, holding sediments together like glue.
What is Cementation?
As sedimentary rock forms in layers, where would you find the oldest layers?
What is at the bottom of the stack?
How does the rock cycle illustrate the principle of the conservation of matter?
What is the rock cycle processes do not create or destroy matter?
True or False: Gabbro, Granite, and Obsidian, are all types of intrusive rock.
What is false?
The minerals in the metamorphic rock slate are pressed together so tightly that water can't pass between them easily. Because it is water tight slate is ideal for ________ .
What is paving around pools and patios, roofing and tiling many surfaces?
These rocks are made from the broken fragments of other rocks. These loose sediments are compacted and cemented together to form solid rock.
What are detrital sedimentary rocks?
When animals such as mussels, clams, corals, and snails die, their shells become a fossil - rich limestone called ________ .
What is coquina?