Rock Cycle
When rocks are broken down into pieces, we call them this.
What is sediment?
Igneous rocks are formed when one of these two fluids cool.
Sedimentary rocks form through this combination of processes.
What are Compaction and Cementation?
Metamorphic rock are formed when exposed to an increase in temperature, pressure, or this.
What is the addition of chemicals?
This is a natural solid mixture of minerals or particles.
What is a rock?
These are the properties we look at to identify rocks.
What are Texture and Mineral Composition?
This kind of igneous rock forms by cooling magma.
What is intrusive?
These sedimentary rocks are formed by broken up rock fragments and mineral pieces.
What are Clastic rocks?
This is what occurs when temperature and pressure permanently change the shape of a rock.
What is plastic deformation?
This describes the grain size and the way grains fit together in a rock.
What is texture?
This kind of rock is made when other rocks are heated, but not melted, and put under pressure.
What is metamorphic?
This is a rock formed when lava cools too quickly to form crystals.
What is Volcanic Glass?
A shell is an example of this kind of rock.
What is biochemical?
This is the term used to describe a rock before it goes through metamorphism.
What is parent rock?
This is igneous rock that cools and crystallizes on Earth.
What is Extrusive Igneous rock?
This is the process of sediment or rock being added to a landform.
What is depositing sediment?
___________, ____________, and ___________ are the 3 steps to creating igneous rock.
What are melting, cooling, and crystallizing?
Stalagmites and Stalactites are examples of this kind of sedimentary rock.
What are chemical?
Some metamorphic rocks are formed with a process of foliation, which often leaves _________.
What are stripes/Bands?
This is the process that squeezes out fluids and decreases the space between the grains in a sediment deposit.
What is compaction?
If a rock has large crystals, that means we can determine this.
Is it that it cooled slowly?
This type of igneous rock is common, especially around volcanoes.
What is obsidian?
This is the name of broken up rock and mineral fragments in some sedimentary rocks.
What are clasts?
This is the process that typically results in the creation of non-foliated metamorphic rock.
This forms metamorphic rock bodies that are hundreds of square kilometers in size.
What is Regional Metamorphism?