Rock Cycle
forms when sediment is compressed
Sedimentary rocks
This could affect the type of igneous rock that forms.
composition, environment and rate
This type of rock forms when exposed to high temperatures and pressure.
Metamorphic
rocks made of broken rocks and minerals
clastic
Rock that forms when lava cools too quickly to for crystals.
This is a natural, solid mixture of minerals and particles.
rock
______________________ rocks form when lava cools just below Earth’s surface.
Intrusive
metamorphism associated with mountain
building and large area coverage
regional metamorphism
rocks that form when minerals crystallize
from water
chemical
Sediment or rock added to a landform.
deposit
Grain size and the way grains fit together in a rock. -Vocabulary word
texture
Why does pumice, an igneous rock, have holes?
releases gases
permanent bending and folding of rocks
without melting
plastic deformation
process that squeezes sediment together
compaction
Contains parallel layers of flat and elongated minerals.
foliated rock
molten or liquid rock material that is deep
beneath Earth’s surface
magma
Intrusive igneous rocks are made of
interlocking crystals
happens when magma causes existing
rocks to change
contact metamorphism
rocks made from the remains of organisms
biochemical
Series of processes that change one type of rock into a smaller type of rock.
rock cycle
molten rock that erupts onto Earth’s surface
lava
When volcanic material erupts and cools and crystallizes on Earth's surface, it forms a type of igneous rocks called what?
Extrusive
The existing rock that undergoes intense heat and pressure, causing its minerals to recrystallize is called what?
parent rock
process that binds sediment together
cementation
Naturally occuring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and an orderly arrangement of atoms.
mineral