Igneous is Bliss
Intrusive rocks exhibit this type of texture.
What is coarse-grained?
Sedimentary rocks can often contain these, which are any trace of prehistoric life.
What are fossils?
This is the definition of metamorhic.
What is to change form?
Metamorphism can turn these rocks into metamorphic rocks.
What is any type of rock?
This is molten rock on the surface of the earth AND a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans (another name for coffee).
What is lava java?
This texture of igneous rocks has two sizes of crystals – evidence of two different rates of cooling.
What is Porphyritic?
These are the two types of Sedimentary rocks.
What are detrital and chemical?
These are the two ways in which metamorphism can occur.
What is regional and contact?
This is the process of igneous, sedimentary, and/or metamorphic rock being broken down into smaller and smaller pieces. They eventually become sediment. Make sure not to ask the Tom Wachs about this!
What is weathering?
He came up with a "reaction series" that described the crystallization of minerals in magma AND a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.
What is Bowen Samoan?
Obsidian exhibits this type of texture – evidence that it went through this rate of cooling.
What is glassy and very fast?
Sedimentary rocks are produced through this process.
What is lithification?
These are the three agents (causes) of metamorphism.
What is heat, pressure, and chemically active fluids?
This is the single most characteristic feature of sedimentary rocks.
What is strata?
This is the second lightest chemical composition for igneous rocks AND a long skinny fillet of fish that is usually breaded and fried.
What is andesitic fish stick?
Igneous rocks are classified using these two criteria.
What is texture and chemical composition?
This is the most abundant sedimentary rock.
What is limestone?
These are the two textures of metamorphic rocks.
What are foliated and nonfoliated?
This is the only part of the rock cycle that occurs on the surface of the Earth.
What is weathering?
What is glassy Tallahassee?
These are the four types of igneous rocks in order of crystallization in a cooling magma chamber based on Bowen’s Reaction Series.
What is Ultramafic, Basaltic, Andesitic, and Granitic?
These are the three particle sizes (names) of detrital sedimentary rocks.
What are Shale, Sandstone, and Conglomerate?
This type of metamorphic rock formation produces the greatest volume of metamorphic rock.
What is regional metamorphism?
These are the 5 processes that link each group of the Rock Cycle together.
What is crystallizing, weathering, lithification, metamorphism, and melting?
This is what Granite metamorphizes into and small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces (used to generate random numbers).
What is Gneiss dice?