Igneous Rocks
This can cool and harden and form igneous rock.
What is magma or lava?
This is the name for the texture of a metamorphic rock that has grains arranged in parallel layers.
What is foliated or banded?
Minerals are a special type of ________
What is rock?
These are the three main types of rocks.
What are Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic?
This is the name for rocks whose mineral particles are so small they can only be seen with a microscope.
What is fine-grained?
This kind of igneous rock is formed when magma cools beneath the Earth's surface.
What is Intrusive igneous rock?
These are what cause sediment to form.
What is weathering and erosion?
This is the sentence that explains how rocks and minerals are related.
What is "all minerals are rocks, but not all rocks are minerals"?
These are solid pieces of Earth made up of minerals.
What are rocks?
This is the amount of mass in a given space.
What is density?
This type of igneous rock forms when lava cools on the Earth's surface.
What is Extrusive igneous rock?
These 2 things cause metamorphic rocks to form.
What are heat and pressure?
This is another way to identify minerals; it leaves the color of the powder behind when rubbed against a rough tile.
What is streak?
This is the process that presses sediment together to form sedimentary rock.
What is compaction?
This is the kind of rock that forms when an Igneous rock goes through weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.
What is sedimentary rock?
This is another word for the cooling and hardening of magma or lava.
What is crystallization?
This is where Metamorphic rocks form.
What is deep under the Earth's surface?
Rocks are classified by ________ and ____ _____ ___ __________.
What is where and how they are formed?
This is the process of minerals and particles of sediment sticking together to form a sedimentary rock.
What is cementation?
This is when a rock's grains are large and easy to see.
What is coarse-grained?
This determines the size of crystals that form in igneous rocks.
What is the cooling rate of the magma or lava?
This type of sedimentary rock contains pieces of other rocks.
What is a clastic sedimentary rock?
These are the five qualities of every mineral.
1. Naturally-occurring
2. Inorganic
3. Solid
4. definite chemical composition
5. Crystal structure.
This is the texture an Igneous rock will have if it cools very quickly.
What is smooth and shiny with no visible grains?
This is when sediment is carried away.
What is erosion?